Mama Might Be Better Off Dead Book Review Outline
Introduction:
Mama Might Be Better Off Dead is a book that describes the situation of health care in the urban America, the author of the book Laurie Kaye Abraham indicates well how the health care systemm has let down expectations of people from disadvantaged families to offer them high quality and comprehensive care. The author describes Jackie who is the main character and the challenges she went through to obtain care for her sick grandmother together with other circumstances in the family. It is a book that I will recommend to anyone who want what people from low-socio-economic status go through to obtain health.
1st paragraph:
One thing I liked about the book is the fact that the author provides a comprehensive information on the challenges that the individuals from the disadvantaged families face while seeking health services. From the description that the book gives involving the Banes family it clearly indicates the situation in the health care and how it has failed in delivering the best care to disadvantaged families. The book gives you the real picture of the situation and I think the author gave it a good attention.
2nd paragraph:
The book is surely good, but, I do not like the way the author repeats and emphasizes on the things that I already know. The author switches from descriptive to analytical which does not really match. It will be unfair to read a story then stop just to be informed that the situation they are facing is not good, yet you are getting that from the story itself.
Conclusion
The book is really good apart from stepping out of the story just to describe the challenges that poor families go through. Otherwise, it provides the reader with real and better information.
Work cited
Abraham, Laurie Kaye. Mama might be better off dead: The failure of health care in urban America. University of Chicago Press, 2019