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 | #36081 in Books |  University of Chicago Press |  1994-11-15 |  1994-11-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.90 x6.00l,.90 | File Name: 0226001393 | 289 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Classic Health Policy Title on Urban Health|By Professor|Even though this book appears quite dated as this point - it is remarkable how it might have happened today. This is an influential work detailing the failure of urban health and is a key read for anyone interested in health policy. The history is approachable here and takes place in Chicago.

If you purchase|From Publishers Weekly|The vicious circle of poverty and illness is powerfully portrayed in Abraham's ( Reinventing Home ) account of an uninsured, black, four-generational family in one of Chicago's "poorest and sickest" neighborhoods. Included in their medica

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 ...


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