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Author:
Almgren, Gunnar Robert, 1951-
Title:
The safety-net health care system : health care at the margins / Gunnar Almgren, Taryn Lindhorst.
Publisher:
Springer Pub.,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
xv, 390 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Medically uninsured persons--United States.
Health services accessibility--United States.
Marginality, Social--Health aspects--United States.
Medically Uninsured--United States.
Delivery of Health Care--United States.
Health Services Needs and Demand--United States.
Insurance, Health--United States.
Professional-Patient Relations--United States.
Socioeconomic Factors--United States.
Other Authors:
Lindhorst, Taryn.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
0826105726 (e-book)
9780826105721 (e-book)
0826105718
9780826105714
OCLC:
(OCoLC)745304166
LCCN:
2011032268
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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