Structural Discrimination in Pandemic Policy: Essential Protections for Essential Workers. Issue 1 (2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lowe, Abigail E.; Dineen, Kelly K.; Mohapatra, Seema
• Editors: Goodwin, Michele; Lynch, Holly Fernandez
• Is Part Of: Journal of law, medicine & ethics. Volume 50:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 67
• Page End: 75
• Publication Date: 2022
• Subjects: Essential Workers -- Emergency Preparedness -- Health and Safety -- Infection Prevention and Control -- Anti-Racism; Medical laws and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical ethics -- Periodicals; Jurisprudence -- Periodicals; Legislation, Medical -- Periodicals; Legislation, Nursing -- Periodicals; Ethics -- Periodicals; Forensic Medicine -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Societies -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation; Medical ethics; Medical laws and legislation; United States; Periodicals; 344.73041
• DOI: 10.1017/jme.2022.10
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1073-1105

Abstract

Abstract: An inordinate number of low wage workers in essential industries are Black, Hispanic, or Latino, immigrants or refugees — groups beset by centuries of discrimination and burdened with disproportionate but preventable harms during the COVID-19 pandemic.