Negotiating Health Care A.Dirk Hightower This unique book identifies nine

This unique book identifies nine central questions facing the field and invites leading authorities to address them in 46 succinct essays

Anne Bagnall Yardley

A first-of-its-kind compelling exploration of what it means to be a Black woman in higher education

Armed with her customary humor

Negotiating Health Care A.Dirk Hightower This unique book identifies nineThe findings of a large qualitative research project which studied the experiences of the chronically ill within the health care system are presented here. Thorne demonstrates the vast difference between chronic and acute illness in terms of their social and health care consequences. The book is divided into three sections: the first examines how patients handle the onset of diseases and acute episodes; the second explores the relationship with health