Health for Everyone - A Guide to Politically and Socially Progressive Healthcare

Health for Everyone is a guide to making our health care system more progressive and features contributions from clinicians, researchers, and advocates for those that are disadvantaged, overlooked, and historically oppressed within the US healthcare system.

List of contents

Chapter 1: What is progressive health care?
Chapter 2: Shortness of Breath: Not So Simple
Chapter 3: Chronic Pain and the Movement Towards Progressive Healthcare
Chapter 4: Progressive Healthcare for People with Substance Use Disorder
Chapter 5: Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Chapter 6: Cancer
Chapter 7: "Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired": The History, Present, and Future of Healthcare Policy and Provision in U.S. Black Communities
Chapter 8: Sexual and Gender Minority Health: Meeting the needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Patients
Chapter 9: Immigrant Health
Chapter 10: Improving Healthcare for Disabled Patients
Chapter 11: Pediatrics
Chapter 12: Latinxs
Chapter 13: Seeking New Voices and Perspectives for Healthcare in America: Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers of Language
Chapter 14: Progressive Healthcare for Seniors: Redesigning How We Deliver Care for Older Adults
Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Author

About the author

Edited by Zackary Berger

Summary

Health for Everyone is a guide to making our health care system more progressive and features contributions from clinicians, researchers, and advocates for those that are disadvantaged, overlooked, and historically oppressed within the US healthcare system.

Product details

• Authors: Zackary Berger
• Assisted by: Zackary Berger (Editor), Berger Zackary (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781538141854
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4185-4
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, MEDICAL / Public Health, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Insurance / Health, United States of America, USA, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Health Care