Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Part 1 Fighting for Access to Care
4. Introduction: Human Dignity as a Lived Experience 3
5. Chapter 1 Healthcare and Law: Appreciating the Need to Protect Human Dignity 10
6. Chapter 2 Philosophical and Legal Conceptions of Dignity: Trusting Your Doctor 21
7. Chapter 3 Emergency Care in America: Law, Morality, and Ethics 30
8. Part 2 Power and Trust
9. Chapter 4 Professional Bias, Class Bias, and Power 41
10. Chapter 5 The Love Doctor: Sex and Gender Bias; Breach of Trust and Abuse of Power 52
11. Chapter 6 Innovative Therapy and Medical Experimentation: The Maverick Surgeon: Medical Experimentation on Children? 59
12. Part 3 Racism in Healthcare: Practice, Policy, and Law
13. Chapter 7 Perspectives on Racism 77
14. Chapter 8 Healthcare Disparities as a Lived Experience 88
15. Chapter 9 Catastrophic Injuries: Protecting and Restoring Human Dignity 98
16. Chapter 10 Orthopedic Health Disparities: Grappling with Socioeconomic Factors That Affect Health and Healthcare 105
17. Chapter 11 Paying for Healthcare: Lessons from a Fifty-Year- Old Government Program Called Medicare 116
18. Chapter 12 Healthcare and Human Dignity in a Diverse and Changing World: The Critical Role of Empathy, Compassion, and Humility 131
19. Acknowledgments 141
20. Notes 147
21. Selected Bibliography 165
22. Index 179
23. About the Author 189