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Uninsured in America : life and death in the land of opportunity / Susan Starr Sered and Rushika Fernandopulle.
Van Pelt Library RA413.7.U53 S47 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sered, Susan Starr.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medically uninsured persons--United States.
- Medically uninsured persons.
- Working class--Health and hygiene.
- Working class.
- Marginality, Social--Health aspects.
- Marginality, Social.
- Social classes--Health aspects.
- Social classes.
- Health insurance--Economic aspects.
- Health insurance.
- Health insurance--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Health insurance--Social aspects--United States.
- Health insurance--Economic aspects--United States.
- Health services accessibility--United States.
- Health services accessibility.
- Right to health--United States.
- Right to health.
- Social classes--Health aspects--United States.
- Marginality, Social--Health aspects--United States.
- Working class--Health and hygiene--United States.
- Medically Uninsured.
- Health Care Reform.
- Insurance, Health--economics.
- Medical Assistance.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Medical Subjects:
- Medically Uninsured.
- United States.
- Health Care Reform.
- Insurance, Health--economics.
- Medical Assistance.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- The authors paint a devastating portrait of the decline of health care in thecountry, told through the stories of various people's lives.
- Contents:
- From working class to working poor: the death of industry in America's heartland
- Medicaid, welfare reform, and low-wage work in the new economy
- Family matters: divorce and domestic violence
- Who cares for the caregivers? Love as a portal into the death spiral
- The fox guarding the henhouse: work-related injuries and the vagaries of workers' compensation
- Risky business: the self-employed, small business owners, and other American entrepreneurs
- Young, sick, and part-time: the vulnerability of youth and the new American job market
- Mental health matters: a Mexican immigrant hits the bureaucratic wall
- Race matters: health care stories from black America
- Descent through the death spiral
- Moving forward.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520244427
- OCLC:
- 56590977
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