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The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124058
Hossain, Anushay. New York: Tiller Press , 2021.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 HOS 2021
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
When Anushay Hossain became pregnant in the US, she was so relieved. Growing up in Bangladesh in the 1980s, where the concept of women?s healthcare hardly existed, she understood how lucky she was to access the best in the world. But she couldn?t have been more wrong. Things started to go awry from…
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Author
Hossain, Anushay
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Tiller Press
Publication Date
2021
Physical Description
279pp
Subjects
Anti-Racism
Diversity
Abstract
When Anushay Hossain became pregnant in the US, she was so relieved. Growing up in Bangladesh in the 1980s, where the concept of women?s healthcare hardly existed, she understood how lucky she was to access the best in the world. But she couldn?t have been more wrong. Things started to go awry from the minute she stepped in the hospital, and after thirty hours of labor (two of which she spent pushing), Hossain?s epidural slipped. Her pain was so severe that she ran a fever of 104 degrees, and as she shook and trembled uncontrollably, the doctors finally performed an emergency C-section.
Giving birth in the richest country on earth, Hossain never imagined she could die in labor. But she almost did. The experience put her on a journey to explore, understand, and share how women?especially women of color?are dismissed to death by systemic sexism in American healthcare.
Following in the footsteps of feminist manifestos such as The Feminine Mystique and Rage Becomes Her, The Pain Gap is an eye-opening and stirring call to arms that encourages women to flip their ?hysteria complex? on its head and use it to revolutionize women?s healthcare. This book tells the story of Hossain?s experiences?from growing up in South Asia surrounded by staggering maternal mortality rates to lobbying for global health legislation on Capitol Hill to nearly becoming a statistic herself. Along the way, she realized that a little fury might be just what the doctor ordered.
Meticulously researched and deeply reported, this book explores real women?s traumatic experiences with America?s healthcare system?and empowers everyone to use their experiences to bring about the healthcare revolution women need.
ISBN
9781-9821-77775
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 HOS 2021

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Mixed Match: A Film by Jeff Chiba Stearns

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121891
Stearns, Jeff Chiba. British Columbia: Meditating Bunny Studio Inc. , 2016.
Material Type
DVD
Call Number
REF FC 110 STE 2016
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Mixed Match is an important human story told from the perspective of mixed race blood cancer patients who are forced to reflect on their multiracial identities and complex genetics as they struggle with a seemingly impossible search to find bone marrow donors, all while exploring what role race pla…
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Author
Stearns, Jeff Chiba
Place of Publication
British Columbia
Publisher
Meditating Bunny Studio Inc.
Publication Date
2016
Physical Description
96 mins
Subjects
Cancer
Subject
Cancer
Patient Relations
Blood Cancers
Abstract
Mixed Match is an important human story told from the perspective of mixed race blood cancer patients who are forced to reflect on their multiracial identities and complex genetics as they struggle with a seemingly impossible search to find bone marrow donors, all while exploring what role race plays in medicine. With the multiracial community becoming one of the fastest growing demographics in North America, being mixed race is no longer just about an identity, it can be a matter of life and death.
Language
English
Material Type
DVD
Call Number
REF FC 110 STE 2016

Copies

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