Healthcare
Discretion or Standardization? How States Assess Eligibility for Home Care
Millions of elderly people and people with disabilities depend on Medicaid-funded home care services. But there is a lot of variation in how states evaluate home care eligibility. Standardized assessments leave room for discretion and interpretation of what constitutes disability – which can be both a tool for personalized care and an obstacle for developing quality benchmarks.
Extraction, Nourishment, and the Labor of Healing in Bolivia
Indigenous traditional healers in Bolivia expressed optimism when Evo Morales expanded opportunities for them to work in the formal health care system. Yet some also grew frustrated when they received no salary and minimal material support in public institutional settings.
Reproductive and Environmental Justice across the US-Mexico Border
A seminar on abortion and health across borders. Register for the seminar on Friday, November 1, 12-2pm ET.
Automatic Healthcare?
Regulations on “ethical” AI may fail to address larger concerns about the automation of care.
On the Front Lines: The Work of Nurse Practitioners in US Healthcare
The nursing profession has become one of many privatized responses to the shrinking of the US welfare state.
Race, Health & Disability February 23, 2024 12-2 pm ET
Sixth Working Papers Seminar Series 2023-2024 Race, Health & Disability featuring Jasper Conner and André Marega Pinhel. Commentaries by Mairead Sullivan and LaTonya Trotter