Caring for equality : a history of African American health and healthcare / / David McBride
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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.: | 9910796926303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
African American history series (Lanham, Md.)