Mama Might Be Better Off Dead

Author: Laurie Kaye Abraham
Edition: 1St Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0226001385
Category: Medical

Mama Might Be Better Off Dead: The Failure of Health Care in Urban America

Mama Might Be Better Off Dead is an unsettling, profound look at the human face of health care. Download Mama Might Be Better Off Dead medical books for free.
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 medical facilities, North Lawndale is one of the sickest, most medically underserved communities in the country. 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 Get Mama Might Be Better Off Dead our bestseller medical books.

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