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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1995.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 265 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-243) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195360066 0195360060 9780199853762 0199853762 |