What does Tressie McMillan Cottom mean when she says that US healthcare systems assume black women’s incompetence?
As she conveys the story, how might Cottom’s pregnancy have been different had the healthcare workers involved read her as competent?
What are some stereotypes and structural features of modern healthcare that (according to Kidd & Carel) make patients especially vulnerable to epistemic injustice?
One kind of epistemic injustice in healthcare is testimonial injustice. Give an example (from Cottom, Kidd & Carel, your own experience, or elsewhere) and explain what makes it a case of testimonial injustice.
Another kind of epistemic injustice in healthcare is hermeneutical injustice. Give an example (from Cottom, Kidd & Carel, your own experience, or elsewhere) and explain what makes it a case of hermeneutical injustice.
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