Painful Inheritance: Health And The New Generation Of Fatherless Families (Life Course Studies)
ISBN-13:
9780299139643
ISBN-10:
0299139646
Edition:
2nd ed.
Author:
Jacqueline L. Angel, Ronald J. Angel
Publication date:
1993
Publisher:
University of Wisconsin Press
Format:
Paperback
288 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780299139643
ISBN-10:
0299139646
Edition:
2nd ed.
Author:
Jacqueline L. Angel, Ronald J. Angel
Publication date:
1993
Publisher:
University of Wisconsin Press
Format:
Paperback
288 pages
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Painful Inheritance: Health And The New Generation Of Fatherless Families (Life Course Studies) (ISBN-13: 9780299139643 and ISBN-10: 0299139646), written by authors
Jacqueline L. Angel, Ronald J. Angel, was published by University of Wisconsin Press in 1993.
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Painful Inheritance is the first comprehensive examination of the impact of single motherhood on the physical and mental health of women and their children. Based on solid scientific information, it documents serious, long-term health consequences associated with the poverty and social disorganization in which such families often live.
Ronald J. Angel and Jacqueline L. Angel show that the elevated health risks associated with single motherhood are largely the result of factors related to social class, including early motherhood and chronic poverty. They demonstrate the dependency of single mothers and their children on health-related social welfare programs and document how under Social Security and Medicare the old have benefited economically at the expense of the young. Today, poverty is concentrated among families with children, a disproportionate number of which are fatherless. The evidence presented here makes it clear that the physical, mental, and social health consequences of that poverty will be felt by society for generations to come.
The Angels look at the potential consequences of legislative changes in health-related federal and state welfare programs, and they assess the effects that coming changes in the organization and financing of medical care will have on the health of poor, single women and their children. In revealing the complexity of the situation, Painful Inheritance communicates a clear message that the worsening economic circumstances of poor, minority fatherless families simply cannot be ignored if many members of our future generations are not to suffer some degree of physical or mental impairment.
Ronald J. Angel and Jacqueline L. Angel show that the elevated health risks associated with single motherhood are largely the result of factors related to social class, including early motherhood and chronic poverty. They demonstrate the dependency of single mothers and their children on health-related social welfare programs and document how under Social Security and Medicare the old have benefited economically at the expense of the young. Today, poverty is concentrated among families with children, a disproportionate number of which are fatherless. The evidence presented here makes it clear that the physical, mental, and social health consequences of that poverty will be felt by society for generations to come.
The Angels look at the potential consequences of legislative changes in health-related federal and state welfare programs, and they assess the effects that coming changes in the organization and financing of medical care will have on the health of poor, single women and their children. In revealing the complexity of the situation, Painful Inheritance communicates a clear message that the worsening economic circumstances of poor, minority fatherless families simply cannot be ignored if many members of our future generations are not to suffer some degree of physical or mental impairment.
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