| African American Hospitals in North Carolina: 39 Institutional Histories, 1880-1967 Contributor(s): Pollitt, Phoebe Ann (Author) |
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ISBN: 1476667241 ISBN-13: 9781476667249 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Health & Fitness - History |
| Dewey: 362.110 |
| LCCN: 2017033537 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.7" (0.62 lbs) 212 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Health & Fitness |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Untold thousands of black North Carolinians suffered or died during the Jim Crow era because they were denied admittance to white-only hospitals. With little money, scant opportunities for professional education and few white allies, African American physicians, nurses and other community leaders created their own hospitals, schools of nursing and public health outreach efforts. The author chronicles the important but largely unknown histories of more than 35 hospitals, the Leonard Medical School and 11 hospital-based schools of nursing established in North Carolina, and recounts the decades-long struggle for equal access to care and equal opportunities for African American health care professionals. |