TY - BOOK AU - Almgren,Gunnar Robert AU - Lindhorst,Taryn TI - The safety-net health care system: health care at the margins SN - 9780826105721 AV - RA413.7.U53 A46 2012eb U1 - 362.1 PY - 2012/// CY - New York, NY PB - Springer Pub. KW - Medically uninsured persons KW - United States KW - Health services accessibility KW - Marginality, Social KW - Health aspects KW - Medical care KW - Needs assessment KW - Medical personnel and patient KW - Medically Uninsured KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - Health Services Needs and Demand KW - Insurance, Health KW - Professional-Patient Relations KW - Socioeconomic Factors KW - Patient Care KW - Personnes non assurées (Assurance-maladie) KW - États-Unis KW - Services de santé KW - Accessibilité KW - Prestation de soins KW - Soins médicaux KW - Analyse des besoins KW - Assurance-maladie KW - Relations personnel médical-patient KW - HEALTH & FITNESS KW - Diseases KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Health Care Issues KW - MEDICAL KW - Health Care Delivery KW - Health Policy KW - Public Health KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Disease & Health Issues KW - fast N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=415995 ER -