Pathologizing Black Bodies 1st Edition

Bold new scholarship that confronts how medicine and society label and control Black lives — Pathologizing Black Bodies, 1st Edition by Constante González Groba, Ewa Barbara Luczak, and Urszula Niewiadomska-Flis is a rigorous, timely exploration of racialized health, policy, and power.

This penetrating volume draws together historical analysis, contemporary case studies, and interdisciplinary theory to show how healthcare, public health discourse, and social institutions pathologize Black bodies across Europe, North America, and beyond. Readers will find clear examinations of colonial legacies, structural racism, migration and border regimes, and the everyday practices that shape diagnosis, treatment, and access to care.

Scholars, clinicians, public health professionals, students of sociology, anthropology, and race studies, and policy-makers will appreciate the book’s compelling mix of evidence-based research and critical reflection. The editors’ international perspectives make the work especially relevant for audiences in the UK, EU, US, Latin America and Africa, offering comparative insights that inform reform and advocacy.

Practical and provocative, the volume illuminates how language, statistics, and institutional routines contribute to health inequities—and points toward ethical, policy, and clinical responses that center dignity and justice. With clear prose and robust scholarship, this 1st Edition is an essential resource for anyone committed to equitable healthcare and anti-racist policy.

Add Pathologizing Black Bodies to your professional or academic library today — a must-read for those seeking to understand and change how race and health interconnect in our globalized world.

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