Handbook of Racism, Ethnicity and Health

This comprehensive Handbook outlines how racism occurs in various aspects of health and healthcare. Exploring the influence of racism worldwide on a range of health outcomes and healthcare practices, expert authors address the need to embed strong anti-racist politics to implement lasting change to address racialised inequities.

Chapters assess current and historical overt and covert racism in healthcare, going beyond individual prejudice to examine how discrimination is built into organisational frameworks, health research and market regulations. Employing empirical, theoretical and practice-oriented research, contributors cover diverse fields such as elder care, sexual health services and pharmaceutical regulation. They also consider emergent debates around anticolonial work in education and community engagement. In documenting and interrogating racism in health, this Handbook contributes towards the development of a sustainable anti-racist and decolonial practice.



The Handbook of Racism, Ethnicity and Health is a key resource for scholars and students across the social sciences, especially critical health studies and critical race studies. By illustrating how racism takes place in care, educational and market settings the Handbook is of interest for healthcare policy makers and practitioners.