Elizabeth A. McGibbon
ELIZABETH A. MCGIBBON is an associate professor of nursing at St. Francis Xavier University. Her research program is in the area of social justice and health outcomes across the lifespan.
Books by Elizabeth A. McGibbon
Oppression
A Social Determinant of Health
Elizabeth A. McGibbon
Oppression and health are intricately connected. A recent emphasis on the social determinants of health has focused attention on the “causes of the causes” of ill health, including systemic forces such as capitalism, globalization, imperialism, medicalization, neo-colonialism and neoliberalism. If we are to change the oppressive practices that cause ill health our analysis must consistently and explicitly integrate these systemic forces and thus reframe growing health inequities within… (more information)