Health Care Politics, Policy and Services: A Social Justice Analysis, Second Edition Book

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART I: SYSTEMIC FOUNDATIONS OF SAFETY-NET HEALTH CARE

1. Origins and Definitions of the Safety-Net Health Care System

2. Poverty and Being Poor

3. Stratification and Stigma

4. Differences: Power, Privilege, and Disparities in Care

PART II: POPULATIONS AND PROVIDERS

5. Homelessness as a Social Phenomenon and Being Homeless

6. Substance Abuse and Addiction

7. Interpersonal Violence, Injury, and Trauma

8. Difficult Patients, Difficult Health Conditions

9. Adherence to Care

10. Thriving in Stressful Environments

Index