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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796926303321

Autore

McBride David <1949->

Titolo

Caring for equality : a history of African American health and healthcare / / David McBride

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-4422-6060-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations

Collana

African American history series

Disciplina

362.108900973

Soggetti

African Americans - Health and hygiene - United States

African Americans - Medical care

Health services accessibility - United States - History

Black or African American - history

Minority Health - history

Enslaved Persons - history

Health Services Accessibility - history

Healthcare Disparities - history

History, Modern 1601-

Racism - history

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Slavery and the Medical Roots -- 2 Battling for Life in the Civil War and Nadir Eras -- 3 The Black Medical World -- 4 Civil Rights, Health Rights -- 5 War on Poverty and the "Medical Ghetto" -- 6 Confronting the Black Health Crisis -- 7 The AIDS Era and the Time of Katrina -- Selected Bibliography -- Chronology -- Documents -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In Caring for Equality David McBride chronicles the struggle by African Americans and their white allies to improve poor black health conditions as well as inadequate medical care-caused by slavery, racism, and discrimination-since the arrival of African slaves in America.