Uninsured in America [electronic resource] : life and death in the land of opportunity / Susan Starr Sered and Rushika Fernandopulle.
By: Sered, Susan Starr.
Contributor(s): Fernandopulle, Rushika J | ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005Description: xxiii, 247 p.Subject(s): Medically uninsured persons -- United States | Health insurance -- Social aspects -- United States | Health insurance -- Economic aspects -- United States | Health services accessibility -- United States | Right to health -- United States | Social classes -- Health aspects -- United States | Marginality, Social -- Health aspects -- United States | Working class -- Health and hygiene -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.1/04252/0973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and index.
From working class to working poor: the death of industry in America's heartland -- Medicaid, welfare reform, and low-wage work in the new economy -- Family matters: divorce and domestic violence -- Who cares for the caregivers? Love as a portal into the death spiral -- The fox guarding the henhouse: work-related injuries and the vagaries of workers' compensation -- Risky business: the self-employed, small business owners, and other American entrepreneurs -- Young, sick, and part-time: the vulnerability of youth and the new American job market -- Mental health matters: a Mexican immigrant hits the bureaucratic wall -- Minority report: health care stories from black America -- Descent through the death spiral -- Moving forward.
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