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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Almgren, Gunnar Robert, 1951-

Contributor:

Lindhorst, Taryn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medically uninsured persons--United States.

Medically uninsured persons.

Health services accessibility--United States.

Health services accessibility.

Health insurance--United States.

Health insurance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Springer Pub., c2012.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Origins and definitions of the safety net health care system

Poverty and being poor

Stratification and stigma

Differences, power, privilege, and disparities in care

Homelessness as a social phenomenon and being homeless

Substance abuse and addiction

Violence, victimization, and trauma

"Difficult patients", difficult health conditions

Adherence to care

Thriving in stressful environments.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-39508-8

9786613395085

0-8261-0572-6

OCLC:

769344151