Health Care Civil Rights by Anna Kirkland (Author)
Focusing on the provision of gender-affirming care, Health Care Civil Rights analyzes the difficulties and potential of discrimination law in healthcare settings. The application of civil rights law could be a powerful response to health inequalities in the US, but conservative challenges and the complex and fragmented nature of our health care system have limited the real-world success of this strategy. Revealing deep divides and competing interests that reverberate through patient experiences, insurance claims, and courtroom arguments, Anna Kirkland explains what health care civil rights are, how they work in theory and practice, and how to strengthen them.
About the Author
Anna Kirkland is the Kim Lane Scheppele Collegiate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan. An expert in the intersections of law, health, and social justice, Kirkland is the author of Vaccine Court: The Law and Politics of Injury and Fat Rights: Dilemmas of Difference and Personhood. Her work is known for its engaging and accessible style and sharp analytical insights into pressing contemporary issues.
Reviews
“Brilliantly reveals how antidiscrimination law’s lofty goals are no match for the US health care system’s pathologies.”
— Joanna Wuest, author of Born This Way: Science, Citizenship, and Inequality in the American LGBTQ+ Movement
“Informed by extensive fieldwork, this innovative book provides intellectually incisive arguments and practical pointers for correcting discriminatory patterns in healthcare.”
— Colleen Grogan, author of Grow and Hide: The History of America’s Health Care State
“A meticulously documented and exquisitely written study that concludes with sound recommendations for addressing the failures of health policy and practice.”
— stef m. shuster, author of Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender
English Edition
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: April 2025
• Formats: Paperback, eBook (open access through Luminos)
• ISBN: 9780520416109
• Pages: 216
• Trim Size: 6 x 9
Chinese Edition
• Publisher: Morning Star Press
• Publication Date: Simplified Chinese Edition – July 2025; Traditional Chinese Edition – December 2025
• Formats: Paperback, eBook
• ISBN: 9789887093923 (Simplified Chinese); 9789887093930 (Traditional Chinese)
• Pages: TBD
• Trim Size: 6 x 9