The safety-net health care system : health care at the margins /

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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 f...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Almgren, Gunnar Robert, 1951- (Autor), Lindhorst, Taryn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer Pub., ©2012.
Temas:
Medically uninsured persons > United States.
Health services accessibility > United States.
Marginality, Social > Health aspects > United States.
Medically uninsured persons.
Medical care.
Medical care > Needs assessment.
Medical personnel and patient.
Medically Uninsured
Delivery of Health Care
Health Services Needs and Demand
Insurance, Health
Professional-Patient Relations
Socioeconomic Factors
Patient Care
Personnes non assurées (Assurance-maladie) > États-Unis.
Services de santé > Accessibilité > États-Unis.
Personnes non assurées (Assurance-maladie)
Prestation de soins.
Soins médicaux > Analyse des besoins.
Assurance-maladie.
Relations personnel médical-patient.
Soins médicaux.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
Medical personnel and patient
Medical care > Needs assessment
Medical care
Health services accessibility
Marginality, Social > Health aspects
Medically uninsured persons
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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