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by Laurie Kaye Abraham; Foreword by David A. Ansell MD


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  • Title Mama Might Be Better Off Dead: The Failure of Health Care in Urban America
  • Author Laurie Kaye Abraham; Foreword by David A. Ansell MD
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press
  • Date 2019-04-05
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780226623702 / 022662370X
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Medical policy - United States, Urban poor - Medical care - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018039745
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.108

About the author

Laurie Kaye Abraham is a freelance writer and senior editor of New York Magazine. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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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
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