Title The safety-net health care system : health care at the margins / Gunnar Almgren, Taryn Lindhorst.

Publication Info.	New York, NY : Springer Pub., [2012]
	©2012

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Location	Call No.	Status
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	368.382 A448S	Check Shelf

Description	xv, 390 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject	Medically uninsured persons -- United States.
	Health services accessibility -- United States.
	Marginality, Social -- Health aspects -- United States.
	Medically Uninsured.
	Delivery of Health Care.
	Insurance, Health.
	Health Services Needs and Demand.
	Socioeconomic Factors.
	Professional-Patient Relations.
	United States.
	Health services accessibility. (OCoLC)fst00953278
	Marginality, Social -- Health aspects. (OCoLC)fst01009160
	Medically uninsured persons. (OCoLC)fst01014803
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author	Lindhorst, Taryn.
ISBN	9780826105714
	0826105718

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