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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • ONE: When the slaves got sick: Antebellum medical practice
  • TWO: Sickness rages fearfully among them: A wartime medical crisis and its implications
  • THREE: We have come out like men: African American military medical care
  • FOUR: We have come to a conclusion to bind ourselves together: African American associations and medical care
  • FIVE: No license; nor no deplomer: Regulating private medical practice and public space
  • SIX: By nature specially fitted for the care of the sufferer: Black doctors, nurses, and patients after the war
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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