The safety-net health care system health care at the margins /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Almgren, Gunnar Robert, 1951-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Lindhorst, Taryn
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Springer Pub., c2012.
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Table of 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.