The safety-net health care system [[electronic resource] ] : health care at the margins / / Gunnar Almgren, Taryn Lindhorst

• Autore: Almgren Gunnar Robert <1951->
• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y., : Springer Pub., c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (407 p.)
• Disciplina: 368.38/200973
• Soggetto topico: Medically uninsured persons - United States; Health services accessibility - United States; Health insurance - United States
• Altri autori: LindhorstTaryn
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 social work and public health, provide critical, much-needed insight into the safety-net system and how the recession, unemployment, and reform have accelerated its growth. Ideal for graduate students and early professionals in the health professions, this textbook:.: Includes narratives from patients
• Titolo autorizzato: The safety-net health care system
• ISBN: 1-283-39508-8; 9786613395085; 0-8261-0572-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789892203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II