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Title: What We Owe Workers in Health Care Earning Low Wages

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Publication Year: 2022

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Abstract: This commentary on a case offers a historical perspective on how home health work became separate from other sites and means of professional caregiving, exacerbating poor continuity of care in the US health care system. Categorizing home health work as domestic work continues to racialize and marginalize workers. Poor public policy responding to market pressures to keep home health work cheap also perpetuates home health workers’ classification as independent contractors, their lack of training, and low wages. This commentary suggests an alternative model for the future of home health work in the United States.

Url: https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/sites/journalofethics.ama-assn.org/files/2022-09/joe-2209.pdf#page=44

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Authors: Boris, Eileen; Klein, Jennifer; Reddy, Swapna; Todsen, Jessica; Lee, Yeonsoo Sara; Law, Health

Periodical (Full): AMA Journal of Ethics

Issue: 9

Volume: 24

Pages: 1-96

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Health, Population Health and Health Systems

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