Mama Might Be Better off Dead The Failure of Health Care in Urban America

Name: Mama Might Be Better off Dead The Failure of Health Care in Urban America
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ISBN: 9780226001395

ISBN-10: 0226001393

ISBN-13: 9780226001395

Edition: 1994

Authors: Laurie Kaye Abraham

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Mama Might Be Better Off Dead is an unsettling, profound look at the human face of health care. Both disturbing and illuminating, it immerses readers in the lives of four generations of a poor, African-American family beset with the devastating illnesses that are all too common in America's inner-cities. The story takes place in North Lawndale, a neighborhood that lies in the shadows of Chicago's Loop. Although surrounded by some of the city's finest medical facilities, North Lawndale is one of the sickest, most medically underserved communities in the country. Headed by Jackie Banes, who oversees the care of a diabetic grandmother, a husband on kidney dialysis, an ailing father, and…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/15/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 297
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



"Where crowded humanity suffers and sickens": The Banes family and their neighborhood



The rigors of kidney dialysis for Robert Banes



Gaps in government insurance for Mrs. Jackson



Fitful primary care fails Mrs. Jackson



Mrs. Jackson's melancholy



The inner-city emergency room



One hospital's story: How treating the poor is "bad" for business



Who's responsible for Tommy Markhams's health?



Jackie Banes's "patient"



Empty promises: Preventive care for the Banes children



Robert Banes plays the transplant game



The Banes family and white doctors



Life-sustaining technology



Amazing grace Epilogue Appendix Notes