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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" endeav...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gamble, Vanessa Northington
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 societi
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 265 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-243) and index.
ISBN:9780195360066
0195360060
9780199853762
0199853762