Making a place for ourselves : the Black hospital movement, 1920-1945 /

Making a Place for Ourselves examines an important but not widely chronicled event at the intersection of African-American history and American medical history--the black hospital movement. A practical response to the racial realities of American life, the movement was a ""self-help"&...

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Black hospital movement, 1920-1945
1. Verfasser:
Gamble, Vanessa Northington
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Making a Place for Ourselves examines an important but not widely chronicled event at the intersection of African-American history and American medical history--the black hospital movement. A practical response to the racial realities of American life, the movement was a ""self-help"" endeavor--immediate improvement of separate medical institutions insured the advancement and health of African Americans until the slow process of integration could occur. Recognizing that their careers depended on access to hospitals, black physicians associated with the two leading black medical societies, the
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1 online resource (294 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-243) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-536006-0
1-280-53356-0
9786610533565
Schlagworte:
African Americans > Hospitals > History > 20th century.
African Americans > History > 20th century.
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