Heart-Sick

The Politics of Risk, Inequality, and Heart Disease

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Janet K. Shim ISBN: 9781479830817
Publisher: NYU Press Publication: March 21, 2014
Imprint: NYU Press Language: English
Author: Janet K. Shim
ISBN: 9781479830817
Publisher: NYU Press
Publication: March 21, 2014
Imprint: NYU Press
Language: English
Heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States, affects people from all walks of life, yet who lives and who dies from heart disease still depends on race, class, and gender. While scientists and clinicians understand and treat heart disease more effectively than ever before, and industrialized countries have made substantial investments in research and treatment over the past six decades, patterns of inequality persist. In Heart-Sick, Janet K. Shim argues that official accounts of cardiovascular health inequalities are unconvincing and inadequate, and that clinical and public health interventions grounded in these accounts ignore many critical causes of those inequalities.
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Heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States, affects people from all walks of life, yet who lives and who dies from heart disease still depends on race, class, and gender. While scientists and clinicians understand and treat heart disease more effectively than ever before, and industrialized countries have made substantial investments in research and treatment over the past six decades, patterns of inequality persist. In Heart-Sick, Janet K. Shim argues that official accounts of cardiovascular health inequalities are unconvincing and inadequate, and that clinical and public health interventions grounded in these accounts ignore many critical causes of those inequalities.

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