Uninsured in America [electronic resource] : life and death in the land of opportunity / Susan Starr Sered and Rushika Fernandopulle.
Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.Description: xxiii, 247 pSubject(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 States
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- RA413.7.U53 S47 2005eb
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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