{"product_id":"dying-and-living-in-the-prabhjot-singh-9781421420448","title":"Dying and Living in the Neighborhood: A Street-Level View of America's Healthcare Promise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHave neighborhoods been left out of the seismic healthcare reform efforts to connect struggling Americans with the help they need?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven as US spending on healthcare skyrockets, impoverished Americans continue to fall ill and die of preventable conditions. Although the majority of health outcomes are shaped by non-medical factors, public and private healthcare reform efforts have largely ignored the complex local circumstances that make it difficult for struggling men, women, and children to live healthier lives. In \u003ci\u003eDying and Living in the Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Prabhjot Singh argues that we must look beyond the walls of the hospital and into the neighborhoods where patients live and die to address the troubling rise in chronic disease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding on his training as a physician in Harlem, Dr. Singh draws from research in sociology and economics to look at how our healthcare systems are designed and how the development of technologies like the Internet enable us to rethink strategies for assembling healthier neighborhoods. In part I, Singh presents the story of Ray, a patient whose death illuminated how he had lived, his neighborhood context, and the forces that accelerated his decline. In part II, Singh introduces nationally recognized pioneers who are acting on the local level to build critical components of a neighborhood-based health system. In the process, he encounters a movement of people and organizations with similar visions of a porous, neighborhood-embedded healthcare system. Finally, in part III he explores how civic technologies may help forge a new set of relationships among healthcare, public health, and community development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rising public health leader, frontline clinician, and policymaker in the country should read this book to better understand how they can contribute to a more integrated and supportive healthcare system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Prabhjot Singh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421420449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421420448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016 pg. 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2017","brand":"Prabhjot Singh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48449575256319,"sku":"9781421420448","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a4c82f86-7bcb-4dae-97c5-830a7604bf1e.jpg?v=1777263996","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dying-and-living-in-the-prabhjot-singh-9781421420448","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}