Issue 17

Whose health matters?
March 2013

~Contents~

Introduction: Yes, your health matters--now please get in line
Ryan Anderson

The Commodification of Celebrity Health
Tazin Karim

Health Inequalities: Structural Violence and Invisibility
Jennifer R. Wies

 Medical Authority and Queer Health Disparities
Will Robertson

Dependency & Mistrust of the Medical Community: The Experiences of Parents of Deaf Children in Mexico City
Anne Pfister

Substance Abuse Treatment: Maintaining the Status Quo?
Lesly-Marie Buer

The Long War: Continuing Battles Over Equity for Children With Disabilities
Gregory J. Williams

Biopolitics of Infant Mortality
Monica J. Casper

Stigmatization in Psychiatry: For the Discipline and for the Patient
Carla Pezzia

International adoption medicine and inequality in pediatric health care
Emily J. Noonan

Reflections on a Dialogue between NM & CMA: Holism on the Ground
Sean Tangco, Erik Hendrickson & Samuel Spevack

Oportunidades: Co-responsibility and the Politics of Health Care in Mexico
Veronica Miranda



Photo: Pharmacy, Oaxaca City, Mexico 2008.  By Veronica Miranda.