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Uninsured in America : life and death in the land of opportunity / Susan Starr Sered and Rushika Fernandopulle.

by Sered, Susan Starr.

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Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2005.

Medically uninsured persons -- United States.

Health insurance -- Social aspects -- United States.

Health insurance -- Economic aspects -- United States.

Health services accessibility -- United States.

Right to health -- United States.

Social classes -- Health aspects -- United States.

Marginality, Social -- Health aspects -- United States.

Working class -- Health and hygiene -- United States.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip051/2004022033.html

0520244427 (cloth : alk. paper)

xxiii, 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

From working class to working poor: the death of industry in America's heartland -- Medicaid, welfare reform, and low-wage work in the new economy -- Family matters: divorce and domestic violence -- Who cares for the caregivers? Love as a portal into the death spiral -- The fox guarding the henhouse: work-related injuries and the vagaries of workers' compensation -- Risky business: the self-employed, small business owners, and other American entrepreneurs -- Young, sick, and part-time: the vulnerability of youth and the new American job market -- Mental health matters: a Mexican immigrant hits the bureaucratic wall -- Race matters: health care stories from black America -- Descent through the death spiral -- Moving forward.

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