{"product_id":"health-colonialism-by-shiloh-krupar-9781517915421","title":"Health Colonialism","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe role of American hospital expansions in health disparities and medical apartheid\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHealth Colonialism\u003c\/em\u003e considers how U.S. urban development policies contribute to the uneven and unjust distribution of health care in this country. Here, Shiloh Krupar investigates the racially inequitable effects of elite U.S. hospitals on their surrounding neighbourhoods and their role in consolidating frontiers of land primed for redevelopment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNaming this frontier \"medical brownfields,\" Krupar shows how hospitals leverage their domestic real estate empires to underwrite international prospecting for patients and overseas services and speciality clinics. Her pointed analysis reveals that decolonising health care efforts must scrutinise the land practices of non-profit medical institutions and the liberal foundations of medical apartheid perpetuated by globalising American health care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470769635564,"sku":"9781517915421","price":19.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781517915421-health-colonialism.jpg?v=1775226731","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/health-colonialism-by-shiloh-krupar-9781517915421","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}