In Sickness And In Wealth
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In Sickness And In Wealth
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Author : Carol Chan
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2018-08-10
In Sickness And In Wealth written by Carol Chan and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-10 with Social Science categories.
Villagers in Indonesia hear a steady stream of stories about the injuries, abuses, and even deaths suffered by those who migrate in search of work. So why do hundreds of thousands of Indonesian workers continue to migrate every year? Carol Chan explores this question from the perspective of the origin community and provides a fascinating look at how gender, faith, and shame shape these decisions to migrate. Villagers evaluate men's and women's migrations differently, leading to different ideas about which kinds of human or financial flows should be encouraged and which should be discouraged or even criminalized. Despite routine and well-documented instances of exploitation of Indonesian migrant workers, some villagers still emphasize that a migrant's success or failure ultimately depends on that individual's morality, fate, and destiny. Indonesian villagers construct strategies for avoiding migration-related risks that are closely linked to faith and belief in supernatural agency. These strategies shape the flow of migration from the country and help to ensure the continued confidence Indonesian people have in migration as an act of promise and hope.
In Sickness And In Wealth American Hospitals In The Twentieth Century
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Author : Rosemary Stevens
language : en
Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press
Release Date : 2025-05-25
In Sickness And In Wealth American Hospitals In The Twentieth Century written by Rosemary Stevens and has been published by Plunkett Lake Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-05-25 with Medical categories.
American hospitals are a unique combination of public and private institutions that are at once charities and businesses, social welfare institutions and icons of US science, wealth, and technical achievement. In Sickness and in Wealth helps us understand this huge and often contradictory “industry” and shows that throughout this century the voluntary not-for-profit hospitals have been profit-maximizing enterprises, even though they have viewed themselves as charities serving the community. Although our hospitals have provided the most advanced medical care for acutely sick and curable patients, they have been much less successful in meeting the needs of the chronically ill and the socially disadvantaged. That, Stevens concludes, is the next urgent task of social policy. “[A] fascinating, panoramic survey of the evolution of the American hospital system in the twentieth century... Stevens brilliantly views the hospital as a prism of the values and mores of society... She sees the stratification of the hospital population into private, semi-private, and charity patients as a manifestation of the social stratifications of American society... Stevens has written a profoundly important book. Together with The Care of Strangers (1987) by Charles Rosenberg, In Sickness and in Wealth provides a masterful overview of the development of the American hospital system. These two outstanding books complement each other neatly. The Care of Strangers examines the creation of the system from 1850 to the 1920s; In Sickness and in Wealth traces events once the system was in place through the present. Rosenberg’s book is an unusually well crafted piece of social and cultural history; the present book is written to a much greater degree from the standpoint of political science, and it also carries more implications for present-day policy issues. Ambitiously conceived, superbly executed, and rich in detail, interpretation, and insight, In Sickness and in Wealth is a major work of scholarship that will influence discussion of the health care system for years to come. It has all the makings of a classic.”― Reviews in American History “This book is beautifully written... and is must reading for anyone involved in the current debate on health policy. It will also make delightful reading for those who merely wish to view the shifting social and economic climate in modern America, as seen from the perspective of the hospital.” ― New England Journal of Medicine “[S]uperbly researched, and rendered in an engaging style that combines the policy analyst’s breadth with the historian’s fine sense of detail.” — New York Times “[A]n ambitious and impressive survey of a medical-care system that deserves to be called an industry.” — Los Angeles Times “The book is encyclopedic in its analysis as well as in its detail; it can be read as a fascinating history of twentieth-century medicine, as a powerful analysis of contemporary social policy, and as an exploration of American values.” — Isis “[A] masterful picture of the emergence of the hospital and its role in American society.” — Science
Sickness And Wealth
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Author : Meredith P. Fort
language : en
Publisher: South End Press
Release Date : 2004
Sickness And Wealth written by Meredith P. Fort and has been published by South End Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Business & Economics categories.
Demonstrates the impact of the widening wealth gap on the health and well-being of the world's poor.
Grow And Hide
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Author : Colleen M. Grogan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023
Grow And Hide written by Colleen M. Grogan and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Medical categories.
In Grow and Hide, Colleen M. Grogan details the history of the American health care state and argues that the public has been intentionally misled about the true role of government. The US created a publicly financed system while framing it as the opposite in what Grogan terms the "grow-and-hide regime." Today, the state's role is larger than ever, yet it remains largely hidden because stakeholders have repeatedly, and successfully, presented the illusion of minimal government involvement. As Grogan reveals if we want to fix care in America, we need to reimagine the way it is organized, prioritized, funded, and, perhaps most importantly, discussed. This book shows us a way forward.
Hospital City Health Care Nation
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Author : Guian A. McKee
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2023-03-07
Hospital City Health Care Nation written by Guian A. McKee and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-07 with History categories.
Hospital City, Health Care Nation recasts the story of the U.S. health care system by emphasizing its economic, social, and medical importance in American communities. Focusing on urban hospitals and academic medical centers, the book argues that the country’s high level of health care spending has allowed such institutions to become vital, if often problematic, economic anchors for communities. Yet that spending has also constrained possibilities for comprehensive health care reform over many decades, even after the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. At the same time, the role of hospitals in urban renewal, in community health provision, and as employers of low-wage workers has contributed directly to racial health disparities. Guian A. McKee explores these issues through a detailed historical case study of Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital while also tracing their connections across governmental scales—local, state, and federal. He shows that health care spending and its consequences, rather than insurance coverage alone, are core issues in the decades-long struggle over the American health care system. In particular, Hospital City, Health Care Nation points to the increased role of financial capital after the 1960s in shaping not only hospital growth but also the underlying character of these vital institutions. The book shows how hospitals’ quest for capital has interacted with structural racism and inequality to shape and constrain the U.S. health care system. Building on this reassessment of the hospital system, its politics, and its financing, Hospital City, Health Care Nation offers ideas for the next steps in health care reform.
An American Health Dilemma
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Author : W. Michael Byrd
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2001-12-21
An American Health Dilemma written by W. Michael Byrd and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-21 with Performing Arts categories.
First published in 2002. An American Health Dilemma is the story of medicine in the United States from the perspective of people who were consistently, officially mistreated, abused, or neglected by the Western medical tradition and the US health-care system. It is also the compelling story of African Americans fighting to participate fully in the health-care professions in the face of racism and the increased power of health corporations and HMOs. This tour-de-force of research on the relationship between race, medicine, and health care in the United States is an extraordinary achievement by two of the leading lights in the field of public health. Ten years out, it is finally updated, with a new third volume taking the story up to the present and beyond, remaining the premiere and only reference on black public health and the history of African American medicine on the market today. No one who is concerned with American race relations, with access to and quality of health care, or with justice and equality for humankind can afford to miss this powerful resource.
Your Money Or Your Life
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Author : Luke Messac
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023-10-12
Your Money Or Your Life written by Luke Messac and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-12 with Business & Economics categories.
A powerful history of how medical debt destabilized the American healthcare system -- and how we can build back relationships in medicine that benefit everyone.
Governing The Health Care State
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Author : Michael Moran
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1999
Governing The Health Care State written by Michael Moran and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Medical categories.
This book represents the first comparative study of how health policy is made in leading industrial nations. Using detailed case histories of the UK, the US and Germany, it shows that health care systems and modern states are indissolubly bound together. The author explains how the health care state originated before the rise of democracy, and demonstrates that it has had to confront the twin pressures of democratic politics and competitive capitalism. It focuses on three important arenas of health care politics--the government of consumption, the government of doctors, and the government of medical technology--and illustrates how these three arenas intersect.
An American Health Dilemma Race Medicine And Health Care In The United States 1900 2000
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Author : W. Michael Byrd
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2000
An American Health Dilemma Race Medicine And Health Care In The United States 1900 2000 written by W. Michael Byrd and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play. The issues discussed include gender, authority, female autonomy and unruliness, courtship and marriage, language and speech, and performance and theatricality.
History Of Professional Nursing In The United States
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Author : Arlene W. Keeling
language : en
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Release Date : 2017-08-28
History Of Professional Nursing In The United States written by Arlene W. Keeling and has been published by Springer Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-28 with Medical categories.
"The authors demonstrate how U. S. nurses have worked throughout their history to restore patients to health, teach health promotion, and participate in disease preventing activities. Recounting those experiences in the nurses' own words, the authors bring that history to life, capturing nurses' thoughts and feelings during times of war, epidemics, and disasters as well as during their everyday work. The book fills a gap in the secondary literature on...the history of nursing that can be useful in these times of great social change. It is a “must read” for every nurse in the United States!" --Barbra Mann Wall, PhD, RN, FAAN; Director of the Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry; University of Virginia; From the Foreword For over four hundred years, a diverse array of nurses, nurses' aides, midwives, and public-minded citizens across the United States have attended to the healthcare of America’s equally diverse populations. Beginning in 1607 when the first Englishmen landed in Virginia, and concluding in 2016 when Flint, Michigan, was declared to be in a state of emergency, this expansive nursing history text for undergraduate and graduate nursing programs examines the history of the nursing profession to better understand how nursing became what it is today. Grounded in the premise that health care can and should be promoted in partnership with communities to provide quality care for all, this history analyzes the resilience and innovation of nurses who provided care for the most underprivileged populations, such as slaves on Southern plantations, immigrants in tenements in Manhattan's Lower East Side, and isolated populations in rural Kentucky. It takes into account issues of race, class, and gender and the influence of these factors on nurses and patients. Featuring nearly 300 photos, oral histories, and case examples from varied settings in the United States and beyond, the narrative discusses major medical advances, prominent leaders and grassroots movements in nursing, and ethical dilemmas that nurses faced with each change in the profession. Chapters include discussion questions for class sessions as well as a list of suggested readings. Key Features: Examines the history of nursing during the last four centuries Links challenges for nurses in the past to those of present-day nurses Includes oral histories, case examples, boxed highlights, call-outs, discussion questions, archival sites, and references Covers drugs, technological innovations, and scientific discovery in each era Demonstrates progression toward “A Culture of Health” as described by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.