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

By: Almgren, Gunnar Robert, 1951-Contributor(s): Lindhorst, Taryn | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Springer Pub., c2012Description: xv, 390 p. : illISBN: 9780826105721 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Medically uninsured persons -- United States | Health services accessibility -- United States | Health insurance -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 368.38/200973 LOC classification: RA413.7.U53 | A46 2012Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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