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Black Lips Don't Turn Blue: A Womanist Critique Of Discriminatory Language In Medical Education, Alison Lawrence
Black Lips Don't Turn Blue: A Womanist Critique Of Discriminatory Language In Medical Education, Alison Lawrence
Womanist Ethics
This paper examines race and gender inequities in healthcare as it pertains to the unequal presentation of descriptors of illness in medical textbooks. The author adopts a womanist perspective to criticize the use of the white male body as the standard for all patients, which causes signs and symptoms in women and people of color to be dismissed as less important. Following an analysis of normalizing language in current medical texts as well as its consequences for patients, the author calls for a system-wide shift to more inclusive, intersectional medical education that not only acknowledges differences among patient groups, but …
Vulnerability Within The Body Of Christ: Anointing Of The Sick And Theological Anthropology, M. Therese Lysaught
Vulnerability Within The Body Of Christ: Anointing Of The Sick And Theological Anthropology, M. Therese Lysaught
M. Therese Lysaught
No abstract provided.
Suffering, Ethics, And The Body Of Christ: Anointing As A Strategic Alternative Practice, M. Therese Lysaught
Suffering, Ethics, And The Body Of Christ: Anointing As A Strategic Alternative Practice, M. Therese Lysaught
M. Therese Lysaught
No abstract provided.
Patient Suffering And The Anointing Of The Sick, M. Therese Lysaught
Patient Suffering And The Anointing Of The Sick, M. Therese Lysaught
M. Therese Lysaught
Anthologized in On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, 2nd edition. Edited by Stephen E. Lammers and Allen Verhey. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998, 356-364. And in On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, 3rd edition. Edited by M. Therese Lysaught, Joseph Kotva, Stephen E. Lammers, and Allen Verhey. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012, 468-474.