Health care services, racial and ethnic minorities and underserved populations patient and provider perspectives

The theme of this volume is "Health Care Services, Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Undeserved Populations: Patient and Provider Perspectives". The volume is divided into five sections. The first section discusses the overall issue of health care disparities and undeserved populations and...

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Other Authors Kronenfeld, Jennie J.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier JAI, 2005.
Edition1st ed.
SeriesResearch in the sociology of health care ; v. 23
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781849503723
1849503729
0762312491
ISSN0275-4959 ;
DOI10.1016/S0275-4959(2005)23
Physical Description1 online resource (xi, 295 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • Health care disparities and underserved populations: issues of social factors / Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld
  • African American teen mothers and reproductive health care services : gender and the context of intention / Sarah Jane Brubaker
  • Breast cancer treatment decision making: does the sisterhood of breast cancer transcend culture? / Pamela H. Wescott ... [et al.]
  • Social factors, need, and mental health services utilization: findings of the national comorbidity survey / Anthony Kouzis
  • Social determinants of health care access among sex industry workers in Canada / Rachel Phillips, Cecilia Benoit
  • Presenting and anticipatory needs for accessibility to providers and services : the experiences of six frail older widows living in medically underserved areas / Eileen J. Porter
  • Effects of managed health insurance on physical and emotional well-being / D. Clayton Smith, James W. Grimm, Zachary W. Brewster
  • 'Nothing happens in medical school that prepares you for working with anyone who's different' : informal learning and socio-clinical knowledge amongst family physicians / Eric Mykhalovskiy, Karen Farrell
  • Rapid clinical decisions in context : a theoretical model to understand physicians' decision-making with an application to racial/ethnic treatment disparities / Joshua H. Tamayo-Sarver ... [et al.]
  • The impacts of public policy implementation on tribal health care management : the case of OEO/CAP / Michèle Companion
  • Health systems and health promotion programs - the necessity of cultural competence: an ethical analysis / Valda Ford, Beth Furlong
  • The biomedical legacy in minority health policy-making, 1975-2002 / Drew Halfmann, Jesse Rude, Kim Ebert
  • Literac : influence on access and use of the health care system / Karen Seccombe, Richard S. Lockwood, Stephen Reader.