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Managing Sickle Cell Disease in Low Income Families: (Health, Society, and Policy) - Hardcover

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Hill, Shirley A.

 
9781566391887: Managing Sickle Cell Disease in Low Income Families: (Health, Society, and Policy)

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Hill (sociology, U. of Kansas) examines how low-income, African American mothers with children suffering from sickle cell disease cope with the diagnosis and manage their family's health care. She documents the daily lives of 32 mostly single mothers and their struggles to seek services and medical information, and their coping strategies, such as sharing child care. Includes excerpts from interviews shedding light on the role of class, race, and gender in the illness experience. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Shirley A. Hill is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Kansas.

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