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More Than Ramps: A Guide to Improving Health Care Quality and Access for People with Disabilities

Helen Hoenig, MD

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  • From Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

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Iezzoni LI, O'Day BL. 384 pages. New York: Oxford Univ Pr; 2005. $65.00. ISBN 0195172760. Order at www.oup.com/us.
Field of medicine: Any clinical or administrative discipline involved in the health care of persons with physical or sensory disabilities.
Format: Hardcover book.
Audience: Health care providers who would like to improve the way that they provide care to persons with disabilities and disabled persons who would like to navigate the health care system more effectively.
Purpose: To describe the experiences of adult Americans with physical and sensory disabilities as they seek primary health care services and to suggest ways to overcome or circumvent barriers to high-quality care.
Content: The book focuses on health care delivery and clinician–patient communication, with particular reference to outpatient care provided by physicians to persons with physical, vision, and hearing impairments. It relies on 2 types of data: qualitative reports from individual interviews and focus groups and quantitative analyses from 3 nationally representative databases.
Highlights: The book provides a wealth of information on the diverse types of problems confronting disabled persons as they try to obtain needed health care. It sheds light on the limitations of the Americans with Disabilities Act in fostering access to health care for those persons with the greatest need. Many practical, solvable, yet easily overlooked issues facing persons with disabilities are identified (such as the use of...
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Hoenig H. More Than Ramps: A Guide to Improving Health Care Quality and Access for People with Disabilities. Ann Intern Med. 2007;146:472. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-146-6-200703200-00025

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2007;146(6):472.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-146-6-200703200-00025

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