Oppression: A Social Determinant of Health, 2nd Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781773632285)

Oppression and health are intricately connected and much scholarly and applied attention to the social determinants of health has focused on the "causes of the causes" of ill health. These include systemic forces such as capitalism, globalization, imperialism, medicalization, neo-colonialism and neoliberalism. The authors of this important contribution insist that If we are to change the oppressive practices that cause ill health, our analysis must attend to these systemic forces and grapple with society's growing health inequalities with a structural analysis rooted in an ethic of responsibility and social justice. In this important addition to the relatively new field of critical health studies, this book's internationally recognized authors do just this. Oppression is an integration of critical social scientific perspectives and health systems/health sciences knowledge. The second edition updates material in the first edition and adds a new chapter on COVID -19.

Author: Elizabeth McGibbon
ISBN-10: 1773632280
ISBN-13: 9781773632285
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2021
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d