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Caring for Equality : A History of African American Health and Healthcare.

McBride, David.

Caring for Equality : A History of African American Health and Healthcare. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (208 pages) - The African American Experience Series . - The African American Experience Series .

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.

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.

9781442260603


Minorities-Health and hygiene-United States.


Electronic books.

RA448.4 .M337 2018

362.108996073

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