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More than ramps : a guide to improving health care quality and access for people with disabilities /

Many Americans live with some sort of disability and this book in three parts looks initially at the historical roots of healthcare access for those with disabilites. The second part discusses the current situation and the final part discusses the ways in which healthcare quality and access can impr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Iezzoni, Lisa I.
Other Authors: O'Day, Bonnie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
People with disabilities > Services for > United States.
People with disabilities > Medical care > United States.
Health insurance > United States.
Patient advocacy > United States.
Health services accessibility.
People with disabilities.
Health services administration.
Medical care.
Social control.
Sociology.
Social sciences.
Patients > Civil rights.
Patient advocacy.
Health Services Accessibility
Persons
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Persons with Disabilities
Population Characteristics
Health Services Administration
Delivery of Health Care
Social Control, Formal
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Sociology
Named Groups
Patient Care Management
Social Sciences
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Socioeconomic Factors
Vulnerable Populations
Patient Advocacy
Quality of Health Care
United States
National Health Insurance, United States
Patient Care Management > methods
Patient Care
Personnes handicapées > Services > États-Unis.
Personnes handicapées > Services de santé > États-Unis.
Assurance-maladie > États-Unis.
Patients > Droits > États-Unis.
Services de santé > Accessibilité.
Personnes handicapées.
Services de santé > Administration.
Prestation de soins.
Contrôle social.
Sociologie.
Sciences sociales.
Patients > Droits.
Soins médicaux.
handicapped.
people with physical disabilities.
sociology.
social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.
Social sciences
Social control
People with disabilities
Patients > Civil rights
Medical care
Health services administration
Health services accessibility
Health insurance
Patient advocacy
People with disabilities > Medical care
People with disabilities > Services for
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Disabilities.
Electronic books.
Personal Narrative
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Many Americans live with some sort of disability and this book in three parts looks initially at the historical roots of healthcare access for those with disabilites. The second part discusses the current situation and the final part discusses the ways in which healthcare quality and access can improve.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 366 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-353) and index.
ISBN:1429403527
9781429403528
0195172760
9780195172768
1280533013
9781280533013
9780199865710
019986571X