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BL
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1032108
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b786478
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| Main Entry
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Iezzoni, Lisa I.
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| Title & Author
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More than ramps : : a guide to improving health care quality and access for people with disabilities /\ Lisa I. Iezzoni, Bonnie L. O'Day.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2006.
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xviii, 366 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0195172760
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: 9780195172768
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-353) and index.
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| Contents
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I: SETTING THE STAGE: DISABILITY AND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES: Roots of the problem -- Defining disability -- Health insurance and accessing the health care system -- II: HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: Finding care -- Getting into and around health care settings -- Challenges to interpersonal communication -- Etiquette during physical examinations and interactions with office staff -- Clinical competence and technical communication -- Pushing against boundaries of the health care system -- III: IMPROVING HEALTH CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: Using universal design to accommodate all -- Self-management and advocacy -- Improving patient-clinician communication -- Accessible communication and information -- Designing accessible health care settings -- The Internet and information technologies -- Healthy and accessible communities -- Appendix 1: Internet resources addressing general disability and health care topics -- Appendix 2: Internet resources addressing specific disabilities, diseases, and disorders -- Appendix 3: Suggestions for improving accessibility of health care services -- Appendix 4:Identifying disability using national survey data.
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| Abstract
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Nearly twenty percent of Americans live today with some disability - a number that will grow as the "baby boomers" age. Despite this, the U.S. health care system is ill equipped to provide optimal, safe, and efficient care to this population. Significant barriers still block people with disabilities from receiving high-quality health care."."This book examines these barriers, then proposes solutions to make health care accessible and welcoming to people with disabilities. This book examines these barriers, then proposes solutions to make health care accessible and welcoming to people with disabilities. It focuses on adults who are blind, deaf, hard of hearing, or who have difficulties using their legs, arms, or hands. The book draws upon stories told to the authors by persons with these conditions as well as reviews of national surveys, governmental policies, and current practices.
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Health insurance-- United States.
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Patient advocacy-- United States.
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People with disabilities-- Medical care-- United States.
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People with disabilities-- Services for-- United States.
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Health insurance.
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Patient advocacy.
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People with disabilities-- Medical care.
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People with disabilities-- Services for.
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Disabled Persons.
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Health Services Accessibility.
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Patient Advocacy.
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Quality of Health Care.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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Vulnerable Populations.
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United States.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.4
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| LC Classification
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HV1553.I42 2006
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| NLM classification
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2006 B-755
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WA 300I22m 2006
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| Added Entry
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O'Day, Bonnie.
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