TY - BOOK AU - McBride,David AU - Moore,Jacqueline M. AU - Mjagkij,Nina TI - Caring for Equality: A History of African American Health and Healthcare T2 - The African American Experience Series SN - 9781442260603 AV - RA448.4 .M337 2018 U1 - 362.108996073 PY - 2018/// CY - Blue Ridge Summit PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated KW - Minorities-Health and hygiene-United States KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5430390 ER -