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Painful Inheritance - Health and the New Generation of Fatherless Families (Paperback, New)
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Painful Inheritance - Health and the New Generation of Fatherless Families (Paperback, New)
Series: Life Course Studies
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Loot Price R495
Discovery Miles 4 950
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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.
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