{"product_id":"crowded-out-the-true-costs-of-crowdfunding-healthcare-paperback","title":"Crowded Out: The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNora Kenworthy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn eye-opening investigation into charitable crowdfunding for healthcare in the United States--and the consequences of allowing health care access to be decided by the digital crowd.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the past decade, charitable crowdfunding has exploded in popularity across the globe. Sites such as GoFundMe, which now boasts a \"global community of over 100 million\" users, have transformed the ways we seek and offer help. When faced with crises--especially medical ones--Americans are turning to online platforms that promise to connect them to the charity of the crowd. What does this new phenomenon reveal about the changing ways we seek and provide healthcare? In \u003ci\u003eCrowded Out, \u003c\/i\u003eNora Kenworthy examines how charitable crowdfunding so quickly overtook public life, where it is taking us, and who gets left behind by this new platformed economy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough crowdfunding has become ubiquitous in our lives, it is often misunderstood: rather than a friendly free market \"powered by the kindness\" of strangers, crowdfunding is powerfully reinforcing inequalities and changing the way Americans think about and access healthcare. Drawing on extensive research and rich storytelling, \u003ci\u003eCrowded Out \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates how crowdfunding for health is fueled by--and further reinforces--financial and moral \"toxicities\" in market-based healthcare systems. It offers a unique and distressing look beneath the surface of some of the most popular charitable platforms and helps to foster thoughtful discussions of how we can better respond to healthcare crises both small and large.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNora Kenworthy is Associate Professor at the University of Washington Bothell. She is the author and editor of several books, and her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Public Health\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSocial Science and Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePLOS One\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763656786208,"sku":"9780262548038","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0d86a3e6745e3cea007554f01864cde0.webp?v=1780238248","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/crowded-out-the-true-costs-of-crowdfunding-healthcare-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}