Laura Halcomb, PhD
Laura Halcomb is a sociologist who studies the social organization of medical markets and how cultural beliefs about money and medicine shape health inequalities. She is primarily a qualitative researcher, using methods like in-depth interviews and content analysis, and she deploys a feminist analytic perspective, focused on status inequalities and outcomes. Her current research uses a multilevel analytic approach to understand how cultural beliefs about the value of treatment and the deservingness of patients shape access to essential medical care.