Health, Health Care, and Women and Racial and Ethnic Minorities

Abstract

This chapter provides both an introduction to the volume and a brief review of literature on women, gender, and health and health-care services as well as racial/ethnic minorities in the same areas.

The chapter argues for the importance of greater examination of women, issues of gender, and racial and ethnic minorities in health and health-care services.

The chapter reviews the issues of women and racial and ethnic minorities and previews this book.

Citation

Kronenfeld, J.J. (2017), "Health, Health Care, and Women and Racial and Ethnic Minorities", Health and Health Care Concerns Among Women and Racial and Ethnic Minorities (Research in the Sociology of Health Care, Vol. 35), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0275-495920170000035001