Mama Might Be Better Off Dead Summary

The book, Mama Might Be Better Off Dead, was written back in 1993 and shared a story of a family who did not receive adequate health care because of their financial status. Unfortunately, most of those individuals who were uninsured, poor and ill had detrimental outcomes in their quality of health care and life. This novel shows the lack of access to care and the health of the poor. It explains the importance of why healthcare is making the efforts to become a more culturally competent and patient-centered organization.
The story is about four generations of a poor, African-American family overwhelmed with harmful sicknesses that are much too common in urban America. You are allowed to become the patient and see through their perspective. It introduces Robert Banes who has a failing transplanted kidney and is on dialysis. Jackie Banes, his wife, having to deal with insufficient funds during her pregnancies. Her grandmother, Cora Jackson, had been hospitalized many times
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is currently the reason for any alterations in the healthcare system. Within the ACA, there is emphasizes in the approach to the delivery of healthcare that a health professional and company be more patient-centered to improve future care. (Millenson & Macri, 2012) With the examples that were provided in the book, it goes to show as to why this is becoming part of the reform. Imagine how many people we can save from the financial and physical burdens by preventative healthcare and health promotion programs. If we improve the healthcare system by making it more compassionate, we can provide a better environment for patients to want to feel engaged and be educated on what they have to do to improve their health. Although this change in health care does presume its complexities, it is extremely necessary. Abraham uses this book as a way to empower they way health care is comprehended in