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McBride David <1949-> |
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Titolo |
Caring for equality : a history of African American health and healthcare / / David McBride |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018] |
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©2018 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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African American history series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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