02638nam 2200637 450 991046435130332120200520144314.01-317-07212-X1-4094-4499-6(CKB)3710000000186250(EBL)1734061(SSID)ssj0001262376(PQKBManifestationID)12416085(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001262376(PQKBWorkID)11212080(PQKB)11503483(MiAaPQ)EBC1734061(Au-PeEL)EBL1734061(CaPaEBR)ebr10892230(CaONFJC)MIL924877(OCoLC)883632090(EXLCZ)99371000000018625020140721h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRacial prescriptions pharmaceuticals, difference, and the politics of life /by Jonathan Xavier IndaSurrey, England ;Burlington, Vermont :Ashgate,2014.©20141 online resource (148 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-09526-4 1-4094-4498-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Racial Politics of Life; 2 The Making of BiDil; 3 Biosocial Citizenship; 4 Enlightened Geneticization of Race; 5 Racial Vital Value; 6 Neoliberalization of Life; Bibliography; IndexRacial Prescriptions explores the politics of dealing with health inequities through targeting pharmaceuticals at specific racial groups based on the idea that they are genetically different. Drawing on the introduction of BiDil to treat heart failure among African Americans, this book contends that while racialized pharmaceuticals are ostensibly about fostering life, they also raise thorny questions concerning the biologization of race, the reproduction of inequality, and the economic exploitation of the racial body.Discrimination in medical careHealth services accessibilityMinoritiesMedical careSocial medicineElectronic books.Discrimination in medical care.Health services accessibility.MinoritiesMedical care.Social medicine.362.1089Inda Jonathan Xavier855357MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464351303321Racial prescriptions1998614UNINA