Edinburgh Companion to the Politics of American Health

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Edinburgh Companion to the Politics of American Health is written by Sophie A. Jones and published by Edinburgh University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1474450989 (ISBN 10) and 9781474450980 (ISBN 13).

By emphasising the plurality of health experiences, and balancing national and transnational perspectives with the lived realities of diverse communities, this groundbreaking collection expands far beyond biomedical conceptions of health. Together, the contributors take a multi-layered view of the politics of US healthcare by examining it from historical, cultural, medical, sociological, legal, ethical and environmental perspectives. Chapters consider major health institutions and the federal policies that guide them; the intersection between health and social movements; the contours of health and illness with respect to race, gender, sexuality, age and region; and the US's often-conflicted role in global health governance.