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Main description:
This book discusses health disparities in respiratory medicine and suggests methods to reduce them. In the United States, health disparities are well documented in the care of patients with respiratory disorders, particularly among minorities who often have higher rates of disease and poorer health outcomes. Similarly, differences in health and health outcomes exist between differing socioeconomic groups, with lower income groups generally having poorer health and higher rates of chronic illness. Health Disparities in Respiratory Medicine investigates these differing outcomes through the complex connections between access and quality of treatment available to these groups. Chapters are organized around either causes, diseases, or types of care, including tobacco smoke exposure, environmental air quality, acute respiratory distress syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and end-of-life care. This volume is an ideal resource for pulmonologists, health care administrators, and policy makers who aim to understand disparities in respiratory medicine and take steps to improve the differences among groups.
Contents:
Chapter 1
Introduction to Health Disparities and Respiratory Health
Andrew Pleasant, Jennifer Cabe, Richard H. Carmona
Chapter 2
Health Disparities in Tobacco Smoking and Smoke Exposure
Pebbles Fagan
Chapter 3
Health Disparities Related to Environmental Air Quality
Sonali Bose, Gregory B. Diette
Chapter 4
Health Disparities in Occupational Exposures
Ken Rosenman
Chapter 5
Health Disparities And Pulmonary Function Testing
Joseph H. Skalski, Rachele A. Gibson, Sarah A. Narotzky, Hemang Yadav, Paul D. Scanlon
Chapter 6
Health Disparities as They Relate to Medication Adherence
Sandra R. Wilson, Meghan Halley, Sarah Knowles
Chapter 7Health Care Disparities In ArdsNancy G. Casanova, Jorge Navarrete, Hector Quijada, Louise Hecker, Joe G. N. Garcia
Chapter 8
Social Disparities in Lung Growth and Respiratory Health
Kelly J. Brunst, Rosalind J.
Wright
Chapter 9
Health Disparities in Asthma
Christian Bime
Chapter 10
Health Disparities in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Miriam Siegel, Jerry A. Krishnan, Jamie Lamson-Sullivan, Scott Cerreta, David M. Mannino
Chapter 11
Health Disparities and Tuberculosis
Eyal Oren
Chapter 12
Disparities in Lung Cancer Outcomes
Ching-Fei Chang, Gary S. Feigenbaum, Michael K. Gould
Chapter 13
Health Disparities in Critical Illness
Daniel Monroy Chaves, John Daryl Thornton
Chapter 14
Health Disparities in Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders
Jose S. Loredo
Chapter 15
Health Disparities in End-of-Life Care
Ann C. Long, J. Randall Curtis
Chapter 16
Where Do We Go From Here? Improving Disparities in Respiratory Health
Juan C. Celedon, Gary Ewart, Patricia
W. Finn
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Publication date: December, 2015
Pages: 453
Weight: 7541g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: General Practice, Public Health, Respiratory Medicine
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