Edition |
Second edition. |
Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color) |
Note |
"A Lange medical book." |
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Previous edition: 2007. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Pt. I, Principles : -- Vulnerable populations and health disparities: an overview -- Health care disparities: an overview -- Financing and organization of healthcare for vulnerable populations -- Legal issues in the care of underserved populations -- Principles in the ethical care of underserved patients -- Community engagement and partnership -- A global perspective on the care of medically vulnerable and underserved populations -- Advocacy. |
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Pt. II, Practice : -- Practical strategies in addressing social detriments of health in clinical settings -- Creating a context for effective intervention in the clinical care of vulnerable patients -- Creating the medical home for underserved patients -- Promoting behavior change -- Assessing and promoting medication adherence -- Navigating cross-cultural communication -- Improving the communication exchange: a focus on limited health literacy -- Group medical visits for underserved populations -- Applying interactive health (mHelath) technologies for vulnerable populations -- Applying principles and practice of quality improvement to better care of the underserved -- Interdisciplinary models of care for high-risk patients. |
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Pt. III, Populations : -- Underserved children: preventing chronic illness and promoting health -- Vulnerabilities of adolescence and young adulthood -- The family as the context for care -- The hidden poor: care of the older adult -- Care of the dying patient -- Work, living environment, and health -- Care of the food insecure patient -- Clinical care for persons with a history of incarceration -- Care of the homeless patient -- Immigrant health issues -- Rural health care: communities, systems, and patient care -- Providing care to patients who speak limited English -- The care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients -- The medical treatment of patients with psychiatric illness -- Women's health: reproduction and beyond in poor women -- Intimate partner violence -- Trauma and trauma-informed care -- Obesity as a clinical and social problem -- Chronic pain management in vulnerable populations -- Principles of caring for people who use alcohol and other drugs -- Tobacco use -- Dental care: the forgotten need -- Disability and patients with disabilities -- HIV/AIDS: impact on vulnerable populations -- Care of the socially complicated patient in the hospital -- Caring for oneself while caring for others. |
Summary |
This one-of-a-kind resource teaches the core principles and skills needed to care for patients whose barriers to healthcare are due to lack of insurance and/or accessible services, or based on culture; education; age; inadequate transportation; poor English language skills; homelessness; immigrant status; chronic disease; mental illness; substance abuse; or HIV. Time-saving boxed inserts establish main points, provide practical "pearls" and help locate valuable community resources. |
Note |
Description based on online resource; title from pdf title page (AccessMedicine, viewed October 5, 2016). |
Subject |
Poor -- Medical care -- United States.
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Health services accessibility. (OCoLC)fst00953278
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Medically uninsured persons -- Medical care.
(OCoLC)fst01014809
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Community health services. (OCoLC)fst00870958
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Health services accessibility -- United States.
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Delivery of Health Care. (DNLM)D003695
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Health Services Needs and Demand. (DNLM)D006301
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Community health services -- United States.
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Medical Indigency. (DNLM)D008489
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Health Services Accessibility. (DNLM)D006297
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People with social disabilities -- Medical care.
(OCoLC)fst01057454
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Poor -- Medical care.
(OCoLC)fst01071102
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Medically uninsured persons -- Medical care -- United States.
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United States. (DNLM)D014481
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Local Subject |
Poor people -- Medical care -- United States.
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Subject |
People with social disabilities -- Medical care -- United States.
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Vulnerable Populations. (DNLM)D035862
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Minority Groups. (DNLM)D008913
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Added Author |
King, Talmadge E., Jr., editor.
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Wheeler, Margaret B., editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Medical management of vulnerable and underserved patients. Second edition 9780071834445 (DLC) 2015046071 (OCoLC)930496792 |
ISBN |
9780071834018 (ebook) |
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007183401X (ebook) |
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9780071834445 (paperback;) (alk. paper) |
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0071834443 (paperback;) (alk. paper) |
Music No. |
MHID 0071834443 McGraw Hill |