Table of Contents

Chapter 1: What is progressive health care?

Chapter 2: Shortness of Breath: Not So Simple

Chapter 3: Chronic Pain and the Movement Towards Progressive Healthcare

Chapter 4: Progressive Healthcare for People with Substance Use Disorder

Chapter 5: Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Chapter 6: Cancer

Chapter 7: “Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired”: The History, Present, and Future of Healthcare Policy and Provision in U.S. Black Communities

Chapter 8: Sexual and Gender Minority Health: Meeting the needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Patients

Chapter 9: Immigrant Health

Chapter 10: Improving Healthcare for Disabled Patients

Chapter 11: Pediatrics

Chapter 12: Latinxs

Chapter 13: Seeking New Voices and Perspectives for Healthcare in America: Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers of Language

Chapter 14: Progressive Healthcare for Seniors: Redesigning How We Deliver Care for Older Adults

Bibliography

Notes

Index

About the Author

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A guide to progressive healthcare packed full of actionable recommendations and a road map to a more inclusive and equitable future.

About the Author

Zackary Berger, MD, PhD, is a primary care physician and bioethicist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. He has published widely in the scholarly literature and for the lay public on making healthcare a reflection of the health needs of ordinary people and communities. He lives in Baltimore, MD.

Reviews

As our understanding of the difference between health equality and health equity grows, so must our knowledge about the many barriers to optimal health. This comprehensive work walks through nearly every facet and principle essential to those seeking to better serve patients and improve health outcomes for all.

How can injustice in health care be remedied? Berger, a primary-care physician and bioethicist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and editor of and contributor to this accessible yet scholarly collection, recommends progressive ideas for "moving the needle" and offering better medical treatment for African American and Latinx patients, seniors, immigrants, and people with disabilities and chronic illnesses. Berger is joined by 30 experts with academic and hospital positions, including an oncologist, rheumatologist, neurologist, psychiatrist, pediatricians, and individuals working in preventive medicine and not-for-profit health care advocacy. The writers propose noble, seemingly sensible solutions. For example, the chapter on language and health care offers suggestions for involving interpreters and embracing "cultural humility," and the chapter on seniors discusses ways to bring such services as telemedicine to older adults rather than expecting them to get to a hospital or clinic. The professional know-how and subject matter are invaluable, and the extensive notes and bibliography make this a solid resource and needed call to action.

This book is unafraid to name broken systems and bold enough to submit solutions. I found the authors to be direct in their critiques of our current healthcare system without losing hope that healthcare can still be a force for the greater good.