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kimwhims's review
challenging
informative
3.0
While I agree with the authors’ premise and the importance of intersectional change in healthcare, this book was not the best read. I’m not sure if the points laid out would have moved the needle for people unfamiliar or resistant to viewing a community based definition of health. The overall topics seemed loosely selected and suffered from a consistent narrative. That said, there are still an abundance of interesting research tidbits and the expertise of the authors on full display throughout the book.
hannahmcjean's review
This book is very good and a worthwhile read for anyone who wants to understand health within the wider context of social injustices and inequalities. I would especially recommend it to all medical practitioners, to inform a more nuanced and socially aware treatment approach.
The only reason I’m not going to finish it now is because I’ve been listening to it as an audiobook and I don’t think it’s the best way for me to absorb the information here. I intend to pick up a physical copy and read it again in the future.
The only reason I’m not going to finish it now is because I’ve been listening to it as an audiobook and I don’t think it’s the best way for me to absorb the information here. I intend to pick up a physical copy and read it again in the future.
massagebyg's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
sad
medium-paced
5.0
This book was transformative for me as someone who has dealt with a "rare" chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease for over a decade. Inflammation has such a presence in my life, I immediately wanted to pick this up when I heard there was a whole book on it. This piece to me felt like the missing link that I needed in order to understand that what I was experiencing was a part of a greater issue, a systemic one. Or rather, that health in of itself cannot be considered a personal issue without also addressing the circumstances around that individual ("the exposome") and the factors that influence them. This book helped me realize that inflammation in of itself is a collective issue and that there is A LOT that can be done across many sectors of life to help improve outcomes for all, but especially those who are most marginalized by the global capitalist system. This book is wonderfully written and deeply researched. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in global health, health systems, activism, community aid, ableism, etc. but really everybody.
greenbeangal's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
mtn_pika's review against another edition
3.0
Critical discussion of medicine’s exclusion of systems and environment in care delivery which leads to burdening individuals with sole responsibility for outcomes. The medical systems complacency with oppressive systems, participation in these systems and active support of their perpetuation comes through multiple perspectives. I appreciated the broad and inclusive approach that decentered established medicine. The penultimate and last chapters drove home the thesis that care delivery and caring cannot be commodities of individual health, but rather shared creation of community building. We are all connected, and we build health through caring relationships.