Landscapes of Care Immigration and Health in Rural America
This insightful work on rural health in the United States examines the ways immigrants, mainly from Latin America and the Caribbean, navigate the health care system in the United States. Since 1990, immigration to the United States has risen sharply, and rural areas have seen the highest increases....
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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California :
University of North Carolina Press
2023.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Studies in Social Medicine Series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009731763606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface. Writing Immigration: Love, Loss, and Longing
- Introduction. The Land That Time Forgot
- Journeys through the Heartland: Rural America as "New" Receiving Destination
- Ordinary Living: Everyday Injury, Disability, and Instability
- Place, Personhood, and Precarity: Rural Dynamics of Health Care
- Band-Aid Care: Small Fixes and Gaping Wounds
- On Hope and Indeterminacy.
