Full Description
This is the only reference currently available that focuses on the treatment of patients living with chronic diseases in poor and minority populations.
Contents
Section IDisparities: An Overview Kevin Grumbach, MD, Paula Braveman, MD, MPH, Nancy Adler, PhD, and Andrew B. Bindman, MD Chapter 2: Health Care Disparities: An Overview Andrew B. Bindman, MD, Kevin Grumbach, MD, and Talmadge E. King Jr., MD Chapter 3: Financing and Organization of Healthcare for Vulnerable Populations Virginia W. Huang, MPH, and Christopher B. Forrest, MD, PhD Chapter 4: Legal Issues in the Care of Underserved Populations Sara Rosenbaum, JD, and Sara E. Wilensky, JD, MPP Chapter 5: Principles in the Ethical Care of Underserved Patients Bernard Lo, MD Section II: PRACTICE Chapter 6: Creating a Context for Effective Intervention in the Clinical Care of Vulnerable Patients Dean Schillinger, MD, Teresa J. Villela, MD, and George William Saba, PhD Chapter 7: Promoting Behavior Change Daniel S. Lessler, MD, MHA, and Christopher Dunn, PhD Chapter 8: Assessing and Promoting Medical Adherence Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, and M. Robin DiMatteo, PhD Chapter 9: Navigating Cross-Cultural Communication JudyAnn Bigby, MD Chapter 10: Improving the Effectiveness of Patient Education: A Focus on Limited Health Literacy Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, MD, MA, MPH, and Ruth M. Parker MD Chapter 11: The Home Visit/Mobile Outreach Dan Wlodarczyk, MD, and Margaret B. Wheeler, MD Chapter 12: Group Medical Visits for Underserved Populations Hali Hammer, MD Chapter 13: Applying Interactive Health Technologies for Vulnerable Populations John D. Piette, PhD, and Dean Schillinger, MD Chapter 14: Applying Principles and Practice of Quality Improvement to Better Care for the Underserved Gordon D. Schiff, MD, and Seijeoung Kim, RN, PhD Chapter 15: Case Management/Multidisciplinary Care Models Michelle Schneidermann, MD, and Alicia Fernandez, MD Chapter 16: Health and the Community Naomi Wortis, MD, Ellen Beck, MD, and Joanne Donsky, MSW Section III: POPULATIONS Chapter 17: Underserved Children: Preventing Chronic Illness and Promoting Health Patricia Barreto, MD, MPH, Victor H. Perez, MD, MPH, and Neal Halfon, MD, MPH Chapter 18: Adolescence and its Vulnerabilities William B. Shore, MD, FAAFP, Margaret A. Scott, RN, MSN, FNP, and Ellen M. Scarr, RNC, MS, FNP, WHNP Chapter 19: The Family as the Context for Care George William Saba, PhD, and Teresa J. Villela, MD Chapter 20: The Hidden Poor: Care of the Elderly Helen Chen, MD, and C. Seth Landefeld, MD Chapter 21: Work, Living Environment, and Health Janet Victoria Diaz, MD, and John R. Balmes, MD Chapter 22: Care of the Dying Patient Lavera M. Crawley, MD, MPH Chapter 23: Clinical Care for Persons with a History of Incarceration Emily A. Wang, MD, Jacqueline P. Tulsky, MD, and Mary C. White, RN, MPH, PhD Chapter 24: Care of the Homeless Patient Margot Kushel, MD, and Sharad Jain, MD Chapter 25: Immigrant Health Issues Susana Morales, MD Chapter 26: Providing Care to Patients Who Speak Limited English Alice Hm Chen, MD, MPH, and Elizabeth A. Jacobs, MD, MPP Chapter 27: Sexuality as Vulnerability: The Care of Lesbian and Gay Patients Anne Rosenthal, MD, and Allison Diamant, MD, MSHS Chapter 28: The Medical Treatment of Patients with Psychiatric Illness Douglas R. Price-Hanson, MD Chapter 29: Women's Health: Reproduction and Beyond in Poor Women Elizabeth Harleman, MD, and Jody Steinauer, MD, MAS Chapter 30: Intimate Partner Violence Leigh Kimberg, MD Chapter 31: Obesity as a Clinical and Social Problem Ann Smith Barnes, MD, Marisa Rogers, MD, MPH, and Cam-Tu Tran, MD, MS Chapter 32: Chronic Pain Management in Vulnerable Populations Michael B. Potter, MD, Yeva M. Johnson, MD, and Barry D. Zevin, MD Chapter 33: Principles of Caring for Alcohol and Drug Users Alexander Y. Walley, MD, and F. Joseph Roll, MD Chapter 34: Tobacco Use Clemens Hong, MD, MPH, Suzanne Harris, RN, Paul G. Brunetta, MD, and Neal Benowitz, MD Chapter 35: Dental Care: The Forgotten Need Matthew Nealon, DDS, and Francisco Ramos-Gomez, DDS, MS, MPH Chapter 36: Chronic Disease Margaret B. Wheeler, MD, Teresa J. Villela, MD, and Thomas S. Bodenheimer, MD Chapter 37: Disability and Patients with Disabilities Margot Kushel, MD, and Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSc Chapter 38: HIV/AIDS: Impact on Vulnerable Populations Meg D. Newman, MD, and Margaret B. Wheeler, MD Chapter 39: Care of Ill Socially Complicated Patients in the Hospital Jeffrey M. Critchfield, MD, and Mark V. Williams, MD, FACP Chapter 40: Caring for Oneself While Caring for Others Lee Lipsenthal, MD Chapter 41: Advocacy Thomas P. O'Toole, MDNER(01): WOW
