Inequalities and Disparities in Health Care and Health

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-7623-1474-4
Verlag: Jai Press Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

This volume deals with the topic of health inequalities and health disparities. The volume is divided into five sections. The first section includes an introductory look at the issue of health care inequalities and disparities and also an introduction to the volume. One of the backdrops to this topic in the United States was The National Healthcare Disparities Report and its focus on the ability of Americans to access health care and variation in the quality of care. Disparities related to socioeconomic status were included, as were disparities linked to race and ethnicity and the report also tried to explore the relationship between race/ethnicity and socioeconomic position, as explained in more detail in the first article in the book. The second article discusses a newer overall approach to issues related to health inequalities and health disparities.
The remaining four sections of the book address more specific topics relating to inequalities and disparities. The second section examines racial and ethnic inequalities and disparities. The third section includes articles that address the issue from the perspective of research about health care providers and health care facilities. The last two sections of the book focus on consumers and topics of health care disparities, with Section 4 focused on issues related to substance abuse, mental health and related concerns. Section 5 includes articles looking at issues of vulnerable women, women with breast cancer and people with colorectal cancer.
Inequalities and Disparities in Health Care and Health is important reading for medical sociologists and people working in other social science disciplines studying health-related issues. The volume also provides vital information for health services researchers, policy analysts and public health researchers.

-Chapters focus on the topics of health inequalities and health disparities
-Essential for medical sociologists and others in social science industries studying health-related issues

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INEQUALITIES AND DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH: CONCERNS OF PATIENTS, PROVIDERS AND INSURERS

Section 1 - Health Inequalities and Health Disparities: Overall Perspectives

1. Health Inequalities and Health Disparities: A Sociological Perspective

2. Theorising inequalities in the experience and management of chronic illness: bringing social networks and social capital back in

Section 2 - Racial and Ethnic Inequalities and Disparities

3. U.S. Minorities Access to Health Care Under Managed Care: A Synthesis of the Literature

4. Korean Immigrants and Health Care Access: Implications for the Uninsured and Underinsured

Section 3 - Health Care Providers and Facilities

5. The Social Underpinnings of Trust in Physicians

6. Disparities In Medicaid Support for and the Quality of Nursing Facility Long Term Care Across the States

7. Professional Politics and the Challenge of Anesthesia Availability in Rural Hospitals

Section 4 Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Related Issues for Consumers and Disparities

8. Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Substance Abuse Treatment Provision, Treatment Needs and Utilization

9. Geographical Disparities In Adult Mental Health Utilization and Need for Services

10. Transgender Bodies, Identities & Healthcare: Effects of Perceived and Actual Violence and Abuse

Section 5 - Consumers of Health Care and Disparities

11. Social Suffering and Gaps in Alternative Health Care for Vulnerable Women Workers

12. Age, Breast Cancer and Disparity in Health Knowledge and Treatment

13. Role of Government In Health Services Provision for Dually Eligible Patients with Colorectal Cancer