{"product_id":"medical-mistrust-in-appalachia-helping-patients-and-providers-communicate-with-cultural-humility-hardcover","title":"Medical Mistrust in Appalachia: Helping Patients and Providers Communicate with Cultural Humility - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWendy Welch\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBeth O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClinicians and academics on improving medical communications in Appalachia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to the National Institutes of Health, about 25 percent of the American population does not trust doctors and medical professionals. Focusing on rural Appalachia specifically, Wendy Welch, PhD, MPH, and Beth O'Connor, Med, discuss the region's complex relationships with modern medicine and its institutions in this important collection. Offering multiple academic and clinical perspectives in thirteen unique essays, \u003ci\u003eMedical Mistrust in Appalachia\u003c\/i\u003e explores the history of this skepticism toward healthcare, analyzing the region's relationship to medical infrastructure and the relationship between medicine and marginalized communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume fills a gap in scholarship by elevating the voices of practitioners and wrestling with the realities of medical mistrust as a cultural phenomenon--one born from a system that has historically struggled to center the safety and health of Appalachian communities. Presenting medical mistrust as a justifiable reaction in the interest of self-preservation, Welch and O'Connor address Appalachian stereotypes while confronting the ways medical institutions have fostered environments of mistrust and inequality. Importantly, Welch and O'Connor conclude with a discussion of how medical infrastructure and Appalachia can move forward together. \u003ci\u003eMedical Mistrust in Appalachia \u003c\/i\u003eis a must-read for rural healthcare professionals, medical students, and readers interested in Appalachian culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWendy Welch\u003c\/b\u003e is director of the Graduate Medical Education Consortium of Southwest Virginia and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFall or Fly: The Strangely Hopeful Story of Foster Care and Adoption in Appalachia\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003ePublic Health in Appalachia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e From the Front Lines of the Appalachian Addiction Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMasks, Misinformation, and Making-Do: Appalachian Health-Care Workers and the COVID-19 Pandemic\u003c\/i\u003e. Welch is a radio reporter for Inside Appalachia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeth O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e has been the executive director of the Virginia Rural Health Association since 2005 and was the 2022 President of the National Rural Health Association. She contributed chapters to \u003ci\u003eMasks, Misinformation, and Making-Do: Appalachian Health-Care Workers and the COVID-19 Pandemic \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Rural Education and Queer Identities: Rural and (Out)Rooted. \u003c\/i\u003eO'Connor is the creator and host of the Rural Health Voice podcast.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45639289110630,"sku":"9798895270493","price":133.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/vn02wcy-lR9798895270493.webp?v=1779274225","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/medical-mistrust-in-appalachia-helping-patients-and-providers-communicate-with-cultural-humility-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}