Veiled Resignation: Exploring the Democratic Margins of American Healthcare through Shermans Concentrated Product at Beardens Gallery and the Mediterranean Second Student Hospital

Veiled Resignation: Exploring the Democratic Margins of American Healthcare through Shermans Concentrated Product at Beardens Gallery and the Mediterranean Second Student Hospital

Abstract

This paper explores the democratic margins of American healthcare through an examination of Sherman's Concentrated Product at Bearden's Gallery and the Mediterranean Second Student Hospital. Drawing on ethnographic research, the article examines how these two sites reveal the ways in which healthcare is shaped by broader social and political contexts. Through an analysis of veiled resignation – the sense of resignation and powerlessness that often characterizes interactions within healthcare settings – the article argues that healthcare is deeply entangled with issues of power, inequality, and democracy. By foregrounding the experiences of patients and healthcare workers, the article calls attention to the ways in which healthcare policy and practice can be more responsive to the needs and desires of those it serves. Ultimately, the article argues that a more democratic healthcare system will require a fundamental rethinking of the values, priorities, and assumptions that underpin healthcare policy and practice in the United States.

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Tait Taliesin "Veiled Resignation: Exploring the Democratic Margins of American Healthcare through Shermans Concentrated Product at Beardens Gallery and the Mediterranean Second Student Hospital".  IEEE Exploration in Machine Learning, 2018.

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Date of Release: 2018
Author(s): Tait Taliesin.
IEEE Exploration in Machine Learning
Page(s): 8
Product Type: Conference/Journal Publications