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Public Policy and the Black Hospital
From Slavery to Segregation to Integration
Public Policy and the Black Hospital
From Slavery to Segregation to Integration
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Black Hospital Care from the Plantation Era through Post-Reconstruction
The Black Hospital: The Need for Hospitals, Training Clinics, and Medical Schools
Descriptions of Selected Black Hospitals
The Hill-Burton Act and Black Hospitals
The Decline of the Black Hospital and Contemporary Public Policy
Appendix: Black Hospitals in the U.S. (By State)
Index
Product details
| Published | 26 Jan 1994 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 176 |
| ISBN | 9780313036224 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Series | Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies: Contemporary Black Poets |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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