{"product_id":"the-city-and-the-hospital-the-paradox-of-medically-overserved-communities-hardcover","title":"The City and the Hospital: The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Skinner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan R. Wynn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBerkeley Franz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA surprising look at how hospitals affect and are affected by their surrounding communities.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An enduring paradox of urban public health is that many communities around hospitals are economically distressed and, counterintuitively, medically underserved. In \u003ci\u003eThe City and the Hospital \u003c\/i\u003etwo sociologists, Jonathan R. Wynn and Berkeley Franz, and a political scientist, Daniel Skinner, track the multiple causes of this problem and offer policy solutions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Focusing on three urban hospitals--Connecticut's Hartford Hospital, the flagship of the Hartford Healthcare system; the Cleveland Clinic, which coordinates with other providers for routine care while its main campus provides specialty care; and the University of Colorado Hospital, a rare example of an urban institution that relocated to a new community--the authors analyze the complicated relationship between a hospital and its neighborhoods. On the one hand, hospitals anchor the communities that surround them, often staying in a neighborhood for decades. Hospitals also craft strategies to engage with the surrounding community, many of those focused on buying locally and hiring staff from their surrounding area. On the other hand, hospitals will often only provide care to the neighboring community through emergency departments, reserving advanced medical care and long-term treatment for those who can pay a premium for it. In addition, the authors show, hospitals frequently buy neighborhood real estate and advocate for development programs that drive gentrification and displacement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To understand how urban healthcare institutions work with their communities, the authors address power, history, race, and urbanity as much as the workings of the medical industry. These varied initiatives and effects mean that understanding urban hospitals requires seeing them in a new light--not only as medical centers but as complicated urban forces. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Skinner\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of health policy in the Department of Social Medicine at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dublin and the author of \u003ci\u003eMedical Necessity: Health Care Access and the Politics of Decision Making\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eJonathan R. Wynn\u003c\/b\u003e is professor and department chair of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the author \u003ci\u003eThe Tour Guide: Walking and Talking New York\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMusic\/City: American Festivals and Placemaking in Austin, Nashville, and Newport\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003cb\u003eBerkeley Franz\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of community-based health in the Department of Social Medicine at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, OH. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 23, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750456852768,"sku":"9780226829654","price":178.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e76ccd31cac88a516bc15b5e1f8b516e.webp?v=1779950702","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-city-and-the-hospital-the-paradox-of-medically-overserved-communities-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}