An American Health Dilemma: A Medical History of African Americans and the Problem of Race: Beginnings to 1900

by Linda A. Clayton and W. Michael Byrd

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At times mirroring and at times shockingly disparate to the rise of traditional white American medicine, the history of African-American health care is a story of traditional healers; root doctors; granny midwives; underappreciated and overworked African-American physicians; scrupulous and unscrupulous white doctors and scientists; governmental support and neglect; epidemics; and poverty. Virtually every part of this story revolves around race...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0415924499

ISBN13:9780415924498

Release Date:August 2000

Publisher:Routledge

Length:624 Pages

Weight:2.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.8" x 5.5" x 9.9"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Americas History Medical Medical Books Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Special Topics Specific Demographics

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