1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462380603321

Titolo

Convenient care clinics [[electronic resource] ] : the essential guide to retail clinics for clinicians, managers, and educators / / Joshua Riff, Sandra F. Ryan, Tine Hansen-Turton, editors ; Caroline G. Ridgway, managing editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : Springer Pub. Co., LLC, 2013

ISBN

0-8261-2127-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (508 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RiffJoshua

RyanSandra F

Hansen-TurtonTine

RidgwayCaroline G

Disciplina

362.18

Soggetti

Ambulatory medical care - United States

Emergency medical services - United States

Integrated delivery of health care - United States

Health facilities, Proprietary - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Clinical chapters -- pt. II. The business of convenient care clinics.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first comprehensive guide to setting up, operating, and practicing in a convenient care clinic. The book addresses all key medical and operational considerations pertaining to running these local retail health clinics that are rapidly proliferating in pharmacies, supermarkets, airports, and other locations throughout the U.S. The text describes the philosophy underlying retail care, its history and growth, and the parameters of its services. Pros and cons of different operational models are discussed. The book addresses the top 20 medical conditions likely to be seen in a retail cl



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456419303321

Autore

Dow Mark

Titolo

American gulag [[electronic resource] ] : inside U.S. immigration prisons / / Mark Dow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2004

ISBN

0-520-93927-1

1-59734-461-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (429 p.)

Disciplina

365/.4

Soggetti

Immigrants - Government policy - United States

Noncitizen detention centers - United States

Human rights - United States

Emigration and immigration law - United States

Electronic books.

United States Emigration and immigration Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Invisibility, intimidation, and the INS -- September 11: secrecy, disruption, and continuity -- Another world, another nation: Miami's Krome Detention Center -- "Enforcement means you're brutal" -- The world's first private prison -- "Keeping quiet means deny" : a hunger strike in Queens -- The art of jailing -- "Criminal aliens" and criminal agents -- Siege, shackles, climate, design -- "Speak to every media" : resistance, repression, and the making of a prisoner -- Good and evil in New England -- Out West: philosophy and despair -- Dead time.

Sommario/riassunto

Before September 11, 2001, few Americans had heard of immigration detention, but in fact a secret and repressive prison system run by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service has existed in this country for more than two decades. In American Gulag, prisoners, jailers, and whistle-blowing federal officials come forward to describe the frightening reality inside these INS facilities. Journalist Mark Dow's on-the-ground reporting brings to light documented cases of illegal beatings and psychological torment, prolonged detention, racism, and inhumane conditions. Intelligent, impassioned, and unlike anything that



has been written on the topic, this gripping work of investigative journalism should be read by all Americans. It is a book that will change the way we see our country. American Gulag takes us inside prisons such as the Krome North Service Processing Center in Miami, the Corrections Corporation of America's Houston Processing Center, and county jails around the country that profit from contracts to hold INS prisoners. It contains disturbing in-depth profiles of detainees, including Emmy Kutesa, a defector from the Ugandan army who was tortured and then escaped to the United States, where he was imprisoned in Queens, and then undertook a hunger strike in protest. To provide a framework for understanding stories like these, Dow gives a brief history of immigration laws and practices in the United States-including the repercussions of September 11 and present-day policies. His book reveals that current immigration detentions are best understood not as a well-intentioned response to terrorism but rather as part of the larger context of INS secrecy and excessive authority. American Gulag exposes the full story of a cruel prison system that is operating today with an astonishing lack of accountability.