Kant Patel, Mark E Rushefsky

Health Care in America

Separate and Unequal

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the root causes of the inequalities of the American health care system and discusses various policy alternatives. This book documents the demands on and the performance of our health care system for different population groups as defined on the basis of gender (women), age (children), race and ethnicity (African Americans, Hispanics).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780765616616
• ISBN-10: 0765616610
• Artikelnr.: 23596442

Autorenporträt

Mark E Rushefsky, Kant Patel

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
Preface and Acknowledgments
1. The American Health Care System: Separate and Unequal
2. African Americans and Health Care
3. Hispanics and Health Care
4. American Indians
Alaska Natives
and Health Care
5. Gender and Health Care
6. Children and Health Care
7. The Elderly and Health Care
8. Geography and Health Care
9. Conclusions: Health and Inequality Reconsidered
Index
About the Authors