This study adds to the small but growing literature on Black health history--the rise of hospital care and hospital services provided to Blacks from the antebellum era to the integration era, a period of some 150 years. The work examines the political, policy, legal, and philanthropic forces that helped to define the rise, development, and decline of Black hospitals in the United States. Particular discussion is given to the federal Hill-Burton Act of 1946 and the extent to which the legislation impacted Black hospital ...
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This study adds to the small but growing literature on Black health history--the rise of hospital care and hospital services provided to Blacks from the antebellum era to the integration era, a period of some 150 years. The work examines the political, policy, legal, and philanthropic forces that helped to define the rise, development, and decline of Black hospitals in the United States. Particular discussion is given to the federal Hill-Burton Act of 1946 and the extent to which the legislation impacted Black hospital development. The roles of the Freedman's Bureau, National Medical Association, National Hospital Association, and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in the development of Black hospitals is highlighted.
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Near Fine. No Jacket. This is a study of the rise of hospital care and services provided to African-Americans from the antebellum era to the integration era; it examines the history, development, and significance of Black hospitals and their sources of funding and support, and explores why so few Black hospitals remain; it also examines two historical public policies, the federal Freedman's Bureau policy from 1865 to 1869 and the federal Hill-Burton Act from 1946 to 1974; includes an appendix of black hospitals organized by state (brown cloth with gold lettering on front & spine; slightly creased at bottom of spine; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment from an independent bookstore)
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