Mama Might be Better Off Dead by Laurie Kaye Abraham

Mama Might be Better Off Dead by Laurie Kaye Abraham

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This study of health care in the USA looks at four generations of a poor African-American family beset with illnesses. From visits to emergency rooms and dialysis units, through trials with home care, to struggles for Medicaid eligibility, the text chronicles their access to medical care.

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Mama Might be Better Off Dead by Laurie Kaye Abraham

This study of health care in the USA looks at four generations of a poor African-American family beset with illnesses. From visits to emergency rooms and dialysis units, through trials with home care, to struggles for Medicaid eligibility, the text chronicles their access to medical care.
Abraham, Laurie Kaye: - Laurie Kaye Abraham is a freelance writer and senior editor of New York Magazine. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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ISBN 13 9780226001388
ISBN 10 0226001385
Title Mama Might be Better Off Dead
Author Laurie Kaye Abraham
Condition Unavailable
Publisher University Of Chicago Press
Year published 1993-11-15
Number of pages 302
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