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Title
Social emergency medicine : principles and practice / Harrison J. Alter, Preeti Dalawari, Kelly M. Doran, Maria C. Raven, editors.
ISBN
9783030656720 (electronic bk.)
3030656721 (electronic bk.)
3030656713 paperback
9783030656713 paperback
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-65672-0 doi
Call Number
RC86.7 S63 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.025
Summary
Social Emergency Medicine incorporates consideration of patients social needs and larger structural context into the practice of emergency care and related research. In doing so, the field explores the interplay of social forces and the emergency care system as they influence the well-being of individual patients and the broader community. Social Emergency Medicine recognizes that in many cases typical fixes such as prescriptions and follow-up visits are not enough; the need for housing, a safe neighborhood in which to exercise or socialize, or access to healthy food must be identified and addressed before patients health can be restored. While interest in the subject is growing rapidly, the field of Social Emergency Medicine to date has lacked a foundational text a gap this book seeks to fill. This book includes foundational chapters on the salience of racism, gender and gender identity, immigration, language and literacy, and neighborhood to emergency care. It provides readers with knowledge and resources to assess and assist emergency department patients administrators, and other professionals who recognize that high-quality emergency care extends beyond the ambulance bay.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Print version: 9783030656713
History of social emergency medicine
Public health, population health, and health disparities
Race and racism
Gender and sexual identity
Immigration
Language and literacy
Access to care
frequent emergency department use: a social emergency medicine perspective
Substance use: a social emergency medicine perspective
Education and employment
Financial insecurity
Food insecurity
Homelessness
Housing instability and quality
Transportation
Legal needs
Neighborhoods and the built environment
Violence
Firearm injury
Incarceration
Human trafficking.