Deluxe Jim Crow : civil rights and American health policy, 1935-1954 / Karen Kruse Thomas.

Deluxe Jim Crow : civil rights and American health policy, 1935-1954 / Karen Kruse Thomas.

"Plagued by geographic isolation, poverty, and acute shortages of health professionals and hospital beds, the South was dubbed by Surgeon General Thomas Parran "the nation's number one health problem." The improvement of southern, rural, and black health would become a top priori...

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Main Author: Thomas, Karen Kruse (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Minorities > Medical care > United States > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in medical care > United States > 20th century.
Equality > Health aspects > United States > 20th century.
African Americans > Medical care > United States > 20th century.
Prejudices.
Health Policy > history
Black or African American > history
Civil Rights > history
Healthcare Disparities > history
History, 20th Century
Prejudice
United States
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