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On the ragged edge of medicine : doctoring among the dispossessed / Patricia Kullberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kullberg, Patricia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homeless persons--Medical care--Oregon--Portland--Case studies.
- Homeless persons.
- Urban poor--Medical care--Oregon--Portland--Case studies.
- Urban poor.
- Oregon.
- Medical Subjects:
- Oregon.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (109 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Corvallis, Oregon : Oregon State University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- On the Ragged Edge of Medicine offers a glimpse into a medical practice for the homeless and urban poor.Told through fifteen patient vignettes, and drawn from the author's decades of experience in Portland, Oregon, this revealing memoir illuminates the impact of poverty on the delivery of health services and the ways in which people adapt and.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Fast Water
- A Delicate Balance
- On a Bad Day
- Imagine That
- Let's Have a Look
- Heart Secrets
- The Woman Who Saw the Doctor Too Much
- Happy Face
- Get Real
- The Visit
- Victory Garden
- How Samuel Got Back His Poise
- A Morning Wreck
- Cold Bones
- A Complicated Course
- Afterword
- Notes to the Text.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-87071-886-X
- OCLC:
- 1006405615
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