A Case-Based Discourse on Greed and the American Healthcare System
This text examines the complex relationship between capitalism and healthcare in the United States. It provides real-world scenarios that explore the nuances of the healthcare system, focusing specifically on its interplay with economic forces and the resulting impact on patients and healthcare providers alike. Through case studies and ......
This textbook illuminates the multifaceted dynamics that have shaped the American healthcare landscape from the 1940s to the present. It adopts unique analytical lenses to explore the economic, political, and historical influences-and their interplay-and how they have contributed to the current state of healthcare policy in the United States.
Topics include up-to-date analyses of Medicaid politics and policymaking as the program celebrates its sixtieth anniversary, covering racial disparities in health care, administrative burdens, partisan polarization, homelessness and safety net programs, and grassroots activism. Contributors. Andrea Louise Campbell, Rachel Fabi, Jose Figueroa, ......
The compelling autobiography of a nurse-turned-state senator determined to make health care equitable and available for all. From her childhood in Jamaica to her early days in nursing and, eventually, to her entry into politics, Shirley Nathan-Pulliam has exemplified what it means to translate principles and values into action through legislation ......
The author of the bestselling Just Medicine reveals how racial inequality undermines public health and how we can change it With the rise of the Movement for Black Lives and the feverish calls for Medicare for All, the public spotlight on racial inequality and access to healthcare has never been brighter. The rise of COVID-19 and its ......
Explores human dignity and care in the face of disease and disability. Complex contemporary experiences with disease, death, and disability in the United States have made the concept of human dignity seem outdated. In Doing Dignity: Ethical Praxis and the Politics of Care, Christa Teston challenges conventional notions of dignity and, based on ......
Reveals the presence of an informal system of valuable support and care for marginalized migrants The United States' health care system not only consists of a formal safety net, but also an informal and disjointed network of organizations that offer basic care to millions of migrants. This "Third Net" provides free or low-cost health care for the ......
Reveals the presence of an informal system of valuable support and care for marginalized migrants The United States' health care system not only consists of a formal safety net, but also an informal and disjointed network of organizations that offer basic care to millions of migrants. This "Third Net" provides free or low-cost health care for the ......
