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The safety-net health care system : health care at the margins / Gunnar Almgren, Taryn Lindhorst.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Springer Pub., ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 390 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780826105721
  • 0826105726
  • 1283395088
  • 9781283395083
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Safety-net health care system.DDC classification:
  • 362.1
LOC classification:
  • RA413.7.U53 A46 2012eb
NLM classification:
  • W 250 AA1
Online resources:
Contents:
Half title page -- About the author -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword / Sarah Gehlert, PhD -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Systemic Foundations of Safety-Net Health Care -- Chapter 1. Origins and definitions of the safety net health care system -- Chapter 2. Poverty and being poor -- Chapter 3. Stratification and stigma -- Chapter 4. Differences : Power, privilege, and disparities in care -- Part II. Populations and Providers -- Chapter 5. Homelessness as a social phenomenon and being homeless -- Chapter 6. Substance abuse and addiction -- Chapter 7. Interpersonal violence, injury, and trauma -- Chapter 8. Difficult patients, difficult health conditions -- Chapter 9. Adherence to care -- Chapter 10. Thriving in stressful environments -- Index.
Summary: A unique and authoritative guide to the US safety-net health care system, 'Health Care at the Margins' addresses how various populations and their difficult health and socio-economic issues are dealt with and impacted by the system. Drs. Gunnar Almgren and Taryn Lindhorst, experts in the fields of social work and public health, provide critical, much-needed insight into the safety-net system and how the recession, unemployment, and reform have accelerated its growth. Ideal for graduate students and early professionals in the health professions, this textbook. Includes narratives from patients.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Half title page -- About the author -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword / Sarah Gehlert, PhD -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Systemic Foundations of Safety-Net Health Care -- Chapter 1. Origins and definitions of the safety net health care system -- Chapter 2. Poverty and being poor -- Chapter 3. Stratification and stigma -- Chapter 4. Differences : Power, privilege, and disparities in care -- Part II. Populations and Providers -- Chapter 5. Homelessness as a social phenomenon and being homeless -- Chapter 6. Substance abuse and addiction -- Chapter 7. Interpersonal violence, injury, and trauma -- Chapter 8. Difficult patients, difficult health conditions -- Chapter 9. Adherence to care -- Chapter 10. Thriving in stressful environments -- Index.

A unique and authoritative guide to the US safety-net health care system, 'Health Care at the Margins' addresses how various populations and their difficult health and socio-economic issues are dealt with and impacted by the system. Drs. Gunnar Almgren and Taryn Lindhorst, experts in the fields of social work and public health, provide critical, much-needed insight into the safety-net system and how the recession, unemployment, and reform have accelerated its growth. Ideal for graduate students and early professionals in the health professions, this textbook. Includes narratives from patients.

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