Doctoring Freedom : The Politics of African American Medical Care in Slavery and Emancipation /

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For enslaved and newly freed African Americans, attaining freedom and citizenship without health for themselves and their families would have been an empty victory. Even before emancipation, African Americans recognized that control of their bodies was a critical battleground in their struggle for a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Long, Gretchen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Slaves > Medical care.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Medecine > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Esclaves > Soins medicaux > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Physicians > history
History, 20th Century
History, 19th Century
Delivery of Health Care > history
African Americans > history
Slaves > Medical care > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
United States
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:For enslaved and newly freed African Americans, attaining freedom and citizenship without health for themselves and their families would have been an empty victory. Even before emancipation, African Americans recognized that control of their bodies was a critical battleground in their struggle for autonomy, and they devised strategies to retain at least some of that control. In Doctoring Freedom, Gretchen Long tells the stories of African Americans who fought for access to both medical care and medical education, showing the important relationship between medical practice and political identit.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9781469601472

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