The safety-net health care system health care at the margins

The safety-net health care system health care at the margins

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 soc...

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Main Authors: Almgren, Gunnar Robert 1951- (Author), Lindhorst, Taryn (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer Pub. 2012
Subjects:
Medically Uninsured > United States
Delivery of Health Care > United States
Insurance, Health > United States
Health Services Needs and Demand > United States
Socioeconomic Factors > United States
Professional-Patient Relations > United States
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Table of 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
  • Interpersonal violence, injury, and trauma
  • Difficult patients, difficult health conditions
  • Adherence to care
  • Thriving in stressful environments.

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