Mapping "Race": Critical Approaches to Health Disparities Research

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Mapping “Race” Critical Issues in Health and Medicine Edited by Rima D. Apple, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Janet Golden, Rutgers University, Camden Growing criticism of the U.S. health care system is coming from consumers, politicians, the media, activists, and healthcare professionals. Critical Issues in Health and Medicine is a collection of books that explores these contemporary dilemmas from a variety of perspectives, among them political, legal, historical , sociological, and comparative, and with attention to crucial dimensions such as race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and culture. For a list of titles in the series, see the last page of the book. Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London Edited by Laura E. Gómez and Nancy López Mapping “Race” Critical Approaches to Health Disparities Research Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mapping race : critical approaches to health disparities research / edited by Laura E. Gómez and Nancy López. p. ; cm. — (Critical issues in health and medicine) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8135–6137–0 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–6136–3 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–6138–7 (e-book) I. Gómez, Laura E., 1964– II. López, Nancy, 1969– III. Series: Critical issues in health and medicine. [DNLM: 1. Continental Population Groups—United States. 2. Health Status Disparities—United States. 3. Health Services Accessibility—United States. WA 300 AA1] 362.1'0973—dc23 2012042036 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. This collection copyright © 2013 by Rutgers, The State University Individual chapters copyright © 2013 in the names of their authors All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 106 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit our website: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America ...