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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457781503321

Titolo

Access to care and factors that impact access, patients as partners in care and changing roles of health providers [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley [England], : Emerald Insight, 2011

ISBN

1-283-32011-8

9786613320117

0-85724-716-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Collana

Research in the sociology of health care, , 0275-4959 ; ; v. 29

Altri autori (Persone)

KronenfeldJennie J

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Health services accessibility

Medical personnel and patient

Medical care

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.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Systems of health-care delivery and sociological issues -- section 2. Providers of care -- section 3. Patients as consumers of health-care services -- section 4. Health-care systems : modifications and reforms.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume in the highly-regarded Research in the Sociology of Health Care series, deals with both macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving access to care, factors that impact access, patients as partners in care and changing roles of health providers. It includes:  examination of factors that impact access to care such as racial/ethnic, social, demographic and structural sources, discussion of changing patterns of care and changing patterns of interaction between patients and providers of care, and investigation of changing roles of health care providers within the health c