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Mama Might Be Better Off Dead: The Failure of Health Care in Urban America.
GIC Collection at Penn Libraries
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abraham, Laurie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health & Societies.
- Local Subjects:
- Health & Societies.
- Summary:
- Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1: "Where crowded humanity suffers and sickens": The Banes family and their neighborhood 2: The rigors of kidney dialysis for Robert Banes 3: Gaps in government insurance for Mrs. Jackson 4: Fitful primary care fails Mrs. Jackson 5: Mrs. Jackson's melancholy 6: The inner-city emergency room 7: One hospital's story: How treating the poor is "bad" for business 8: Who's responsible for Tommy Markhams's health? 9: Jackie Banes's "patient" 10: Empty promises: Preventive care for the Banes children 11: Robert Banes plays the transplant game 12: The Banes family and white doctors 13: Life-sustaining technology 14: Amazing grace Epilogue Appendix Notes
- ISBN:
- 9780226001395
- 0226001393
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