Medical management of vulnerable and underserved patients
Subtitle: principles, practice, and populations
By: [edited by] Talmadge E. King, Jr., Margaret B. Wheeler.
Contributors: King, Talmadge E.; Wheeler, Margaret B.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Pub. Division
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9780071443319
Subjects: Poor -- Medical care -- United States.; Medically uninsured persons -- Medical care -- United States.; People with social disabilities -- Medical care -- United States.; Health services accessibility -- United States.; Community health services -- United States.; Vulnerable Populations -- United States.; Delivery of Health Care -- United States.; Health Services Accessibility -- United States.; Community Health Services -- United States.; Minority Groups -- United States.; Patient Advocacy -- United States.; Medical Indigency -- United States.; Health Services Needs and Demand -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Vulnerable populations and health disparities: an overview / Kevin Grumbach ... [et al.]; title: Health care disparities: an overview / Andrew B. Bindman, Kevin Grumbach, and Talmadge E. King, Jr.; title: Financing and organization of healthcare for vulnerable populations / Virginia W. Huang and Christopher B. Forrest; title: Legal issues in the care of underserved populations / Sara Rosenbaum and Sara E. Wilensky; title: Principles in the ethical care of underserved patients / Bernard Lo; title: Creating a context for effective intervention in the clinical care of vulnerable patients / Dean Schillinger, Teresa J. Villela, and George William Saba; title: Promoting behavior change / Daniel S. Lessler and Christopher Dunn; title: Assessing and promoting medical adherence / Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo and M. Robin DiMatteo; title: Navigating cross-cultural communication / JudyAnn Bigby; title: Improving the effectiveness of patient education: a focus on limited health literacy / Michael K. Paasche-Orlow and Ruth M. Parker; title: The home visit/mobile outreach / Dan Wlodarczyk and Margaret B. Wheeler; title: Group medical visits for underserved populations / Hali Hammer; title: Applying interactive health technologies for vulnerable populations / John D. Piette and Dean Schillinger; title: Applying principles and practice of quality improvement to better care for the underserved / Gordon D. Schiff and Seijeoung Kim; title: Case management/multidisciplinary care models / Michelle Schneidermann and Alicia Fernandez; title: Health and the community / Naomi Wortis, Ellen Beck, and Joanne Donsky; title: Underserved children: preventing chronic illness and promoting health / Patricia Barreto, Victor H. Perez, and Neal Halfon; title: Adolescence and its vulnerabilities / William B. Shore, Margaret A. Scott, and Ellen M. Scarr; title: The family as the context for care / George William Saba and Teresa J. Villela; title: The hidden poor: care of the elderly / Helen Chen and C. Seth Landefeld; title: Work, living environment, and health / Janet Victoria Diaz and John R. Balmes; title: Care of the dying patient / Lavera M. Crawley; title: Clinical care for persons with a history of incarceration / Emily A. Wang, Jacqueline P. Tulsky, and Mary C. White; title: Care of the homeless patient / Margot Kushel and Sharad Jain; title: Immigrant health issues / Susana Morales; title: Providing care to patients who speak limited English / Alice Hm Chen and Elizabeth A. Jacobs; title: Sexuality and vulnerability: the care of lesbian and gay patients / Anne Rosenthal and Allison Diamant; title: The medical treatment of patients with psychiatric illness / Douglas R. Price-Hanson; title: Women's health: reproduction and beyond in poor women / Elizabeth Harleman and Jody Steinauer; title: Intimate partner violence / Leigh Kimberg; title: Obesity as a clinical and social problem / Ann Smith Barnes, Marisa Rogers, and Cam-Tu Tran; title: Chronic pain management in vulnerable populations / Michael B. Potter, Yeva M. Johnson, and Barry D. Zevin; title: Principles of caring for alcohol and drug users / Alexander Y. Walley and F. Joseph Roll; title: Tobacco use / Clemens Hong ... [et al.]; title: Dental care: the forgotten need / Matthew Nealon and Francisco Ramos-Gomez; title: Chronic disease / Margaret B. Wheeler, Teresa J. Villela, and Thomas S. Bodenheimer; title: Disability and patients with disabilities / Margot Kushel and Lisa I. Iezzoni; title: HIV/AIDS: impact on vulnerable populations / Meg D. Newman and Margaret B. Wheeler; title: Care of ill socially complicated patients in the hospital / Jeffrey M. Critchfield and Mark V. Williams; title: Caring for oneself while caring for others / Lee Lipsenthal; title: Advocacy / Thomas P. O'Toole.