Dying of Whiteness How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland by JonathanM. Metzl Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2020 by Basic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-5416-4497-7, ISBN: 1-5416-4497-2
"A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences -- even for the white voters they promise to helpNamed one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Esquire and the Boston GlobeIn the era of Donald Trump, many lower- and middle-class white Americans are drawn to politicians who pledge to make their lives great again. But as Dying of Whiteness shows, the policies that result actually place white Americans at ..."
"You see someone smoking a cigarette and say, “Smoking is bad for your health,” when what you mean is, “You are a bad person because you smoke.” You encounter someone whose body size you deem excessive, and say, “Obesity is bad for your health,” when what you mean is, “You are lazy, unsightly, or weak of will.” You see a woman bottle-feeding an infant and say, “Breastfeeding is better for that child’s health,” when what you mean is that ..."
"In an increasingly diverse society, it is essential that medicine be aware of matters of difference. Medical humanities programs promote awareness of the social aspects of medicine, and the Association of American Medical Colleges has recently instituted cultural competencies for clinical interaction for the training of medical students. Yet these efforts to impart understanding of the cross-cultural aspects of medicine are still hinder ..."
Dying of Whiteness How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland by JonathanM. Metzl Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2019 by Basic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-5416-4498-4, ISBN: 1-5416-4498-0
"A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences -- even for the white voters they promise to helpNamed one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Esquire and the Boston GlobeIn the era of Donald Trump, many lower- and middle-class white Americans are drawn to politicians who pledge to make their lives great again. But as Dying of Whiteness shows, the policies that result actually place white Americans at ..."
"... Professor and Chair of the English department at Emory University. He is the author of Wild Nights: How Taming Sleep ... Ronald Sandler is a professor of philosophy and the director of the Ethics Institute at Northeastern University. He ..."
"Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice. In "Health Humanities Reader," editors The ..."
The Protest Psychosis How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease by Professor JonathanM. Metzl Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2011 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-0127-1, ISBN: 0-8070-0127-9
"A powerful account of how cultural anxieties about race shaped American notions of mental illness The civil rights era is largely remembered as a time of sit-ins, boycotts, and riots. But a very different civil rights history evolved at the Ionia State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Ionia, Michigan. In The Protest Psychosis, psychiatrist and cultural critic Jonathan Metzl tells the shocking story of how schizophrenia became the ..."
Dying of Whiteness How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland by JonathanM. Metzl 352 Pages, Published 2019 by Basic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-5416-4496-0, ISBN: 1-5416-4496-4
"Jennifer Carlson, Citizen-Protectors: The Everyday Politics of Guns in an Age of
Decline (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2015). Angela Stroud, Good Guys
... Les Adams, The Second Amendment Primer: A Citizen's Guidebook to the
History, Sources, and Authorities for the Constitutional Guarantee of the Right to
Keep and Bear Arms (Birmingham, AL: Palladium Press, 1996). David C.
Williams, The ..."
"Introduction. Why. Against. Health? Jonathan. M. Metzl. How can anyone take a
stand against health? What could be wrong with health? Shouldn't we be for
health? On behalf of the authors, let me reply to these questions by proclaiming
that we believe that anyone who feels ill before, during, or after reading this book
should seek immediate medical attention. We believe in the germ theory of
infectious illness. We believe in penicill ..."
Dying of Whiteness How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland by Metzl, JonathanM. Softcover, Published 2024 by Basic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-5416-0448-3, ISBN: 1-5416-0448-2
Against Health(1st Edition) How Health Became the New Morality (Biopolitics) by JonathanM. Metzl, Anna Kirkland, Sergio Perosa Hardcover, 226 Pages, Published 2010 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-9592-7, ISBN: 0-8147-9592-7
"You see someone smoking a cigarette and say,“Smoking is bad for your health,” when what you mean is, “You are a bad person because you smoke.” You encounter someone whose body size you deem excessive, and say, “Obesity is bad for your health,” when what you mean is, “You are lazy, unsightly, or weak of will.” You see a woman bottle-feeding an infant and say,“Breastfeeding is better for that child’s health,” when what you mean is that th ..."
What We've Become Living and Dying in a Country of Arms by Metzl, JonathanM. Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2024 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-1-324-05025-4, ISBN: 1-324-05025-X
What We've Become Living and Dying in a Country of Arms by JonathanM. Metzl 261 Pages, Published 2024 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-1-324-05026-1, ISBN: 1-324-05026-8
"When a naked, mentally ill white man with an AR-15 killed four young adults of color at a Waffle House, Nashville-based physician and gun policy scholar Dr. Jonathan M. Metzl once again advocated for commonsense gun reform."
"A compendium of Colombia's development process, this book is intended to provide the incoming Presidential Administration with a comprehensive account of diagnostics and policy recommendations for the sectors that contribute to the country's development path. This book begins by offering a synthesis of the development challenges that the incoming president is likely to face as well as possible policy responses. Thirty-one sector-specifi ..."
The Protest Psychosis(1st Edition) How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease by JonathanMetzl Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2010 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-8592-9, ISBN: 0-8070-8592-8
"A powerful account of how cultural anxieties about race shaped American notions of mental illness The civil rights era is largely remembered as a time of sit-ins, boycotts, and riots. But a very different civil rights history evolved at the Ionia State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Ionia, Michigan. In The Protest Psychosis, psychiatrist and cultural critic Jonathan Metzl tells the shocking story of how schizophrenia became the ..."
The Protest Psychosis How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease by JonathanMetzl 272 Pages, Published 2010 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-8593-6, ISBN: 0-8070-8593-6
"(Boston: Beacon Press, 1968); J. Leo, “Negro 'Paranoia' Assayed in Book,” New
York Times, July 25, 1968. 14. E. Fuller Torrey, Surviving Schizophrenia: A
Manual for Families, Consumers, and Providers, 4th ed. ... Also see Vanessa
Northington Gamble, Making a Place for Ourselves: The Black Hospital
Movement, 1920–1945. ... accessed July 1, 2007; according to event organizer
Bill Lynch, the record for eating the most chili dogs was s ..."
"This book documents the ways that clinical practitioners and trainees have used the “structural competency” framework to reduce inequalities in health. The essays describe on-the-ground ways that clinicians, educators, and activists craft structural interventions to enhance health outcomes, student learning, and community organizing around issues of social justice in health and healthcare. Each chapter of the book begins with a case st ..."
Dying of Whiteness How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America's Heartland by JonathanMetzl 341 Pages, Published 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1-5416-7398-4, ISBN: 1-5416-7398-0
"A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences-even for the white voters they promise to help Named one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Esquire and the Boston Globe In the era of Donald Trump, many ..."
"Well-Being and Higher Education explores the multiple connections of well-being to higher education and why those connections matter--for the individual lives of students and those who teach; for the institution; and for whether or not the ..."