Special Social Groups, Social Factors and Disparities in Health and Health Care
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Special Social Groups, Social Factors and Disparities in Health and Health Care

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Special Social Groups, Social Factors and Disparities in Health and Health Care

About this book

This volume features papers on the theme of issues in health and health care for special groups, social factors and disparities. This includes papers dealing with macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving special groups, social factors and disparities linked to issues in health and health care. The volume also contains an examination of health and health care issues of patients and providers of care especially those related to special groups and social factors including education, family, income, government, neighborhoods, social networks, health beliefs and attitudes. This includes a focus on links to policy, population concerns and patients and providers of care as ways to meet health care needs of people both in the US and in other countries.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Special Social Groups, Social Factors and Disparities in Health and Health Care
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Part I: Introduction to Volume
  7. Part II: Special Groups, Women in the Military, and Women Veterans
  8. Part III: Special Groups Linked to Race and Ethnicity
  9. Part IV: Other Special Groups: Rural Residents, People with HIV, LGBT People and Adolescent Mothers
  10. Part V: Other Social Factors: Education, Marriage, and Job Stress