Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine |
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A Lange medical book |
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McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine
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A Lange medical book
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Contents |
pt. I, Principles : -- Vulnerable populations and health disparities: an overview -- Health care disparities: an overview -- Financing and organization of healthcare for vulnerable populations -- Legal issues in the care of underserved populations -- Principles in the ethical care of underserved patients -- Community engagement and partnership -- A global perspective on the care of medically vulnerable and underserved populations -- Advocacy |
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pt. II, Practice : -- Practical strategies in addressing social detriments of health in clinical settings -- Creating a context for effective intervention in the clinical care of vulnerable patients -- Creating the medical home for underserved patients -- Promoting behavior change -- Assessing and promoting medication adherence -- Navigating cross-cultural communication -- Improving the communication exchange: a focus on limited health literacy -- Group medical visits for underserved populations -- Applying interactive health (mHelath) technologies for vulnerable populations -- Applying principles and practice of quality improvement to better care of the underserved -- Interdisciplinary models of care for high-risk patients |
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pt. III, Populations : -- Underserved children: preventing chronic illness and promoting health -- Vulnerabilities of adolescence and young adulthood -- The family as the context for care -- The hidden poor: care of the older adult -- Care of the dying patient -- Work, living environment, and health -- Care of the food insecure patient -- Clinical care for persons with a history of incarceration -- Care of the homeless patient -- Immigrant health issues -- Rural health care: communities, systems, and patient care -- Providing care to patients who speak limited English -- The care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients -- The medical treatment of patients with psychiatric illness -- Women's health: reproduction and beyond in poor women -- Intimate partner violence -- Trauma and trauma-informed care -- Obesity as a clinical and social problem -- Chronic pain management in vulnerable populations -- Principles of caring for people who use alcohol and other drugs -- Tobacco use -- Dental care: the forgotten need -- Disability and patients with disabilities -- HIV/AIDS: impact on vulnerable populations -- Care of the socially complicated patient in the hospital -- Caring for oneself while caring for others |
Summary |
This one-of-a-kind resource teaches the core principles and skills needed to care for patients whose barriers to healthcare are due to lack of insurance and/or accessible services, or based on culture; education; age; inadequate transportation; poor English language skills; homelessness; immigrant status; chronic disease; mental illness; substance abuse; or HIV. Time-saving boxed inserts establish main points, provide practical "pearls" and help locate valuable community resources |
Notes |
"A Lange medical book." |
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Previous edition: 2007 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from pdf title page (AccessMedicine, viewed October 5, 2016) |
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Poor -- Medical care -- United States.
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Medically uninsured persons -- Medical care -- United States
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People with social disabilities -- Medical care -- United States
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Health services accessibility -- United States
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Community health services -- United States
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Medical care.
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Sociology.
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Economics.
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Health services administration.
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Health planning.
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Social sciences.
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Health services accessibility.
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Minorities.
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Medical care -- Needs assessment.
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Delivery of Health Care
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Socioeconomic Factors
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Sociology
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Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
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Economics
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Patient Care Management
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Health Services Research
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Persons
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Population Characteristics
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Health Care Economics and Organizations
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Health Planning
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Health Services Administration
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Named Groups
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Social Sciences
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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
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Vulnerable Populations
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Health Services Accessibility
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Minority Groups
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Medical Indigency
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Health Services Needs and Demand
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Patient Care Management -- methods
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Patient Care
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sociology.
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economics.
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social sciences.
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minorities.
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Sociology
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Social sciences
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Minorities
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Medical care -- Needs assessment
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Medical care
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Health services administration
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Health planning
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Economics
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Community health services
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Health services accessibility
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Medically uninsured persons -- Medical care
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People with social disabilities -- Medical care
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Poor -- Medical care
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SUBJECT |
United States |
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United States
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
King, Talmadge E., Jr., editor.
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Wheeler, Margaret B., editor.
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LC no. |
2015046071 |
ISBN |
9780071834018 |
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007183401X |