BookSujatha Sankaran
Summary: This timely and thought-provoking book addresses the full range of health equity issues that impact the practice of hospital medicine, offering a fresh and comprehensive examination of the topic. Drawing from vast clinical experience, as well as from the latest evidence-based literature, the well-published hospitalist author encourages readers to reevaluate established practices and embrace that equitable hospital care must be applied with a systematic framework to ensure that social factors are deeply incorporated into the care provided -- so that it is truly equitable. Indeed, health equity is defined by the World Health Organization as ⁰́₋the absence of avoidable, unfair, or remediable differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially, economically, demographically, or geographically, or by other means of stratification.⁰́₊ Health equity has not traditionally been incorporated into inpatient care in an intentional manner, says the author; yet, it is impossible to take care of patients who are acutely ill without taking into consideration the social milieu to which they will return. In fact, although hospital-based physicians are privy to some of the most meaningful moments of people⁰́₉s lives, including life-changing diagnoses, pivotal medical procedures, complex medical decisions, and critical end-of-life decisions, they still have no framework for how to incorporate into clinical decision-making the varied social factors that impact care such as race, gender identity, cultural background, immigration status, sexual orientation, primary language, housing status, and poverty. The goal, emphasizes the author, should be to provide culturally humble healthcare that not only goes beyond speaking in the patient⁰́₉s primary language but that also includes active listening and truly takes into consideration the life experiences and culture that have made patients who they are. Organized in three parts, the book covers 1) the foundations of health equity 2) specific populations and various issues and 3) a framework and action plan for moving hospital medicine closer to offering consistent, systematic, equitable care. Health Equity in Hospital Medicine: Foundations, Populations, and Action is a call to action and an invaluable addition to the clinical literature. The title will be of great interest to hospital medicine physicians, to allied health personnel working in a hospital setting, and to trainees
Contents:
Intro
Contents
Part I: Foundations of Health Equity
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 What Is Health Equity?
Chapter 2: History of Social Medicine
2.1 The History of Social Medicine
Chapter 3: Social Determinants of Health and Social Needs Screening
3.1 A Case
3.2 Social Determinants of Health and Social Needs Screening
Chapter 4: Current State of Health Disparities in the United States
4.1 A Case
4.2 Current State of Health Disparities in the United States
4.3 Clinical Pearls
Chapter 5: Social Medicine and Hospital Medicine 5.1 A Case
5.2 Social Medicine and Hospital Medicine
5.3 Clinical Pearls
Chapter 6: Patient Safety, Quality Improvement and Health Equity
6.1 A Case
6.2 Patient Safety, Quality Improvement and Health Equity
6.3 Clinical Pearls
Chapter 7: Care of Patients in Each Phase of Care
7.1 A Case
7.2 Care of Patients in each Phase of Care
7.3 Clinical Pearls
Part II: Specific Populations
Chapter 8: Race in Hospital Medicine
8.1 A Case
8.2 Race in Hospital Medicine
8.3 Clinical Pearls
Chapter 9: Limited English Proficiency and Immigration
9.1 A Case 9.2 Limited English Proficiency and Immigration
9.3 Clinical Pearls
Chapter 10: The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Hospitalized Patients
10.1 A Case
10.2 The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Hospitalized Patients
10.3 Clinical Pearls
Chapter 11: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Hospital Care
11.1 A Case
11.2 Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Hospital Care
11.3 Clinical Pearls
Chapter 12: Substance Use and Hospital Care
12.1 A Case
12.2 Substance Use and Hospital Care
12.3 Clinical Pearls Chapter 13: Pain Management and End of Life Care and Equity
13.1 A Case
13.2 Pain Management and End of Life Care and Equity
13.3 Clinical Pearls
Chapter 14: The Rural-Urban Divide
14.1 A Clinical Case
14.2 The Rural-Urban Divide
14.3 Clinical Pearls
Chapter 15: Incarcerated Patients in the Hospital
15.1 A Case
15.2 Incarcerated Patients in the Hospital
15.3 Clinical Pearls
Chapter 16: Geriatric Patients and Inpatient Health Equity
16.1 A Case
16.2 Geriatric Patients and Inpatient Health Equity
16.3 Clinical Pearls Chapter 17: Environmental Health and Its Effects on Health Equity
17.1 A Case
17.2 Environmental Health and Its Effects on Inpatient Health Equity
17.3 Clinical Pearls
Chapter 18: Disparities in Technology Use for Hospitalized Patients
18.1 A Case
18.2 Disparities in Technology Use for Hospitalized Patients
18.3 Clinical Pearls
Chapter 19: Interpersonal Violence and Its Effect on Hospitalized Patients
19.1 A Case
19.2 Interpersonal Violence and Its Effect on Hospitalized Patients
19.3 Clinical Pearls