Medical legal violence : health care and immigration enforcement against Latinx noncitizens / Meredith Van Natta.

Author/creator Van Natta, Meredith author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : New York University Press, [2023]
Descriptionxi, 241 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesLatina/o sociology series
Latina/o sociology series. ^A1348767
Contents States of injury: exception, emergency, and exclusion -- Hostile terrain: shifting ground and anti-immigrant assemblages -- Immigration federalism and healthcare surveillance in a progressive jurisdiction -- "No safe zones": criminalizing patients and providers in the Nuevo South -- Medical legal consciousness in the "crimmigration age".
Abstract "This book argues that punitive federal immigration policies in the United States lead to "medical legal violence" that unites criminal law, immigration enforcement, and healthcare policy in ways that undermine the health of many Latinx immigrants and implicate the safety-net healthcare institutions and personnel that provide their care"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2022036090
ISBN9781479807390 hardcover
ISBN1479807397 hardcover
ISBN9781479807420 paperback
ISBN1479807427 paperback
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks JV6483 .V36 2023 ✔ Available Place Hold