medical care

Dr. Grizzly gives the Berenstain cubs a regular checkup.

Encourages the reader to join in an imaginary journey aboard a magical plane, the White Feather Flier, to help sick and hungry children, restore coral reefs and rain forests, and more. Includes a note from the author about The White Feather Foundation.

While practicing gymnastics with his friend Zoe, Max cuts his leg and must get stitches.

". . . documents the everyday experiences of individuals and families across the U.S. as they attempted to access coverage and care in the five years following the passage ofthe ACA. It argues that while the Affordable Care Act succeeded in expanding access to care, it did so unevenly, ultimately also generating inequality and stratification. The volume investigates the outcomes of the ACA in communities throughout the country and provides up-close, intimate portraits of individuals and groups trying to access and provide health care for both the newly insured and those who remain uncovered. The contributors use the ACA as a lens to examine more broadly how social welfare policies in a multiracial and multiethnic democracy purport to be inclusive while simultaneously embracing certain kinds of exclusions"--OCLC.

Explores the state of medical care in America and offers ways to build a sustainable health care system.

Examines the health care reform measures passed during the Obama administration.

"Health care is a complicated topic that many adults struggle to understand. However, young readers need to know the facts about an issue that directly affects them now and will continue to directly affect them throughout their lives. This volume was designed to give young readers a basic understanding of the concept of universal health care and why people support and oppose it. Readers are presented with concise, unbiased information about both sides of the universal health care debate. The accessible main text is accompanied by informative fact boxes, graphic organizers, and full-color photographs"--Provided by the publisher.

While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death. Presented in Spanish.

While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.

Captain Anne Donovan's field hospital in NhaTrang, Vietnam, treats many wounded soldiers, but when one of her patients is somebody she recognizes, her emotions threaten to overwhelm her.