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Uninsured in America : life and death in the land of opportunity
- Title
- Uninsured in America : life and death in the land of opportunity / Susan Starr Sered and Rushika Fernandopulle.
- Author
- Sered, Susan Starr.
- Publication
- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2005.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Fernandopulle, Rushika J.
- Description
- xxiii, 247 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- 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
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-232) and index.
- Contents
- 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 -- Race matters: health care stories from black America -- Descent through the death spiral -- Moving forward.
- Call Number
- JFE 05-5091
- ISBN
- 0520244427 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004022033
- OCLC
- 56590977
- Author
- Sered, Susan Starr.
- Title
- Uninsured in America : life and death in the land of opportunity / Susan Starr Sered and Rushika Fernandopulle.
- Imprint
- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2005.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-232) and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Fernandopulle, Rushika J.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 05-5091