COLOR MATTERS

Philosophy matters in brain matters

PURPOSE Although most neuroscientists and physicians would argue against Cartesian dualism, Descartes's version of the psyche/soma divide, which has been controversial since he proposed it in the seventeenth century, continues to haunt contemporary neurological diagnoses through terms such as functional, organic, and psychogenic. Drawing on my own experiences as a person with medically unexplai...

Matters of sex: sex matters.

Despite the popular concept that heart disease preferentially affects the male population, in every year for the past 16 years, cardiovascular disease has killed more women than men.1 Unfortunately, a disparity still exists between men and women in the diagnosis and aggressive treatment of heart disease. The perception that women are relatively protected is reflected by the fact that women are ...

The color line: race matters in the elimination of health disparities.

Black Mental Health Matters: What Nurses Need to Know About Chronic Stressors of Persons of Color.

Many persons of color in the United States live in a constant state of stress and anxiety because they have been affected by inequality, negativity, devaluation, and violence, while trying to cope with life in an effective and positive manner (Jackson, Shestov, & Saadatmand, 2017). Perceived racial discrimination negatively affects their mental health (Assari, Moazen-Zadeh, Caldwell, & Zimmerma...

Politics Matters: A Response to Recent Commentaries