Mama Might Be Better Off Dead: The Failure of Health Care in Urban America by Abraham, Laurie Kaye - 2019

University of Chicago Press, 4/5/2019 12:00:01 AM. paperback. Very Good. 0.8661 in x 8.9370 in x 5.9843 in.

University of Chicago Press, 2019-04-05. Paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback / softback. New. North Lawndale, a neighborhood that lies in the shadows of Chicago's Loop, is surrounded by some of the city's finest medical facilities, Yet, it is one of the sickest, most medically underserved communities in the country. Mama Might Be Better Off Dead immerses readers in the lives of four generations of a poor, African-American family in the neighborhood, who are beset with the devastating illnesses that are all too common in America's inner-cities. Headed by Jackie Banes, who oversees the care of a diabetic grandmother, a husband on kidney dialysis, an ailing father, and three children, the Banes family contends with countless medical crises. From visits to emergency rooms and dialysis units, to trials with home care, to struggles for Medicaid eligibility, Laurie Kaye Abraham chronicles their access--or more often, lack thereof--to medical care. Told sympathetically but without sentimentality, their story reveals an inadequate health care system that is… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

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Univ of Chicago Pr, 2019. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 304 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.90 inches.

University of Chicago Press. paperback. New. 14x96x144. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing