| Portion of title |
Race, work, and health care in the new economy |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Work, health care, and racial outsourcing -- "There was that one time ..." -- When "that one time" is all the time -- Sticky floors and social tensions -- It's not Grey's anatomy. |
| Abstract |
"What happens to black health care professionals in the new economy, where work is insecure and resources are scarce? In Flatlining, Adia Harvey Wingfield exposes how organizations serving communities of color participate in "racial outsourcing," heavily relying on black doctors, nurses, technicians, and physician assistants to pick up the slack and perform "equity work"--Labor that varies by gender and helps organizations to be accessible to minority communities. Wingfield argues that as organizations become more focused on profit and less beholden to employees, they depend on black health care workers to do this work but offer fewer resources and while maintaining the expectation of high levels of service to the community. At the intersection of work, race, gender, and class, Wingfield makes plain the harrowing challenges that black employees must overcome and reveals the complicated issues of inequality in today's workplaces and communities"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Wingfield, Adia Harvey, 1977- Flatlining. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520971783 |
| LCCN | 2018055945 |
| ISBN | 9780520300330 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0520300335 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 9780520300347 paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0520300343 paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | ebook |
