Social emergency medicine : principles and practice / Harrison J. Alter, Preeti Dalawari, Kelly M. Doran, Maria C. Raven, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alter, Harrison J., editor.

Dalawari, Preeti, editor.

Doran, Kelly M., editor.

Raven, Maria C., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency medicine--Social aspects.

Emergency medicine.

Social medicine.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

Social Emergency Medicine incorporates consideration of patients social needs and larger structural context into the practice of emergency care and related research. In doing so, the field explores the interplay of social forces and the emergency care system as they influence the well-being of individual patients and the broader community. Social Emergency Medicine recognizes that in many cases typical fixes such as prescriptions and follow-up visits are not enough; the need for housing, a safe neighborhood in which to exercise or socialize, or access to healthy food must be identified and addressed before patients health can be restored. While interest in the subject is growing rapidly, the field of Social Emergency Medicine to date has lacked a foundational text a gap this book seeks to fill. This book includes foundational chapters on the salience of racism, gender and gender identity, immigration, language and literacy, and neighborhood to emergency care. It provides readers with knowledge and resources to assess and assist emergency department patients administrators, and other professionals who recognize that high-quality emergency care extends beyond the ambulance bay.

Contents:

1. History of Social Emergency Medicine

2. Public Health, Population Health, and Health Disparities

3. Race and Racism

4. Gender and Sexual Identity

5. Immigration

6. Language and Literacy

7. Access to Care

8. Frequent Emergency Department Use: A Social Emergency Medicine Perspective

9. Substance Use: A Social Emergency Medicine Perspective

10. Education and Employment

11. Financial Insecurity

12. Food Insecurity

13. Homelessness

14. Housing Instability and Quality

15. Transportation

16. Legal Needs

17. Neighborhoods and the Built Environment

18. Violence

19. Firearm Injury

20. Incarceration

21. Human Trafficking.

Notes:

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9783030656720

3030656721

OCLC:

1267585220

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.