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Autore: |
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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Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018] |
©2018 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 362.108900973 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Caring for equality ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4422-6060-2 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910816437403321 |
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