Underserved and Socially Disadvantaged Groups and Linkages with Health and Health Care Differentials

by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld (Editor)

Overview

The contributors to this latest volume of Research in the Sociology of Health Care investigate macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving the socially disadvantaged and underserved. Looking specifically at the factors impacting on health and health care differentials, this book is an examination of the health and health care issues of both patients and providers of care in the United States and around the globe. Chapters focus on linkages to policy, population concerns and patients and providers of care as ways to meet health care needs.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161102732
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing
Publication date:	08/30/2019
Series:	Research in the Sociology of Health Care , #37
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld is Professor Emerita in the Sociology Program, Sanford School of Social/Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, USA. Her research areas are medical sociology and aging with special focus on health policy, health care utilization and health behavior. She is coeditor of Health and Associate Editor-In-Chief, American Journal of Health Promotion. She is a past chair of Medical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association and past President of Sociologists for Women in Society.