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African American hospitals in North Carolina : 39 institutional histories, 1880-1967 / Phoebe Ann Pollitt.

Author/creator Pollitt, Phoebe author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
Descriptionx, 199 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Historical Overview of Segregated Hospital Care in North Carolina -- A Brief Review of the Professional Literature -- A Brief History of Hospitals in North Carolina Through 1900 -- The Establishment of Early General Hospitals, 1876-1900 -- The Founding of African American Hospitals -- Military and Veteran's Administration (VA) Hospitals -- Nursing Education -- Legal Segregation, Social Conditions and Medical Racism -- 20th-century Statistics Documenting Health Disparities -- Disparities in Hospital Beds by Race in the Mid-20th Century -- The Duke Endowment -- The Rosenwald Fund -- The North Carolina Medical Care Commission -- The Hospital Survey and Construction Act/Hill-Burton Act -- Lawsuits to End Hospital Segregation -- Conclusion -- The Health Care Facilities -- Raleigh, Wake County -- Charlotte, Mecklenburg County -- Southern Pines, Moore County -- Durham, Durham County -- Winston-Salem, Forsyth County -- Wilson, Wilson County -- Asheville, Buncombe County -- Henderson, Vance County -- Monroe, Union County -- Greensboro, Guilford County -- Oxford, Granville County -- Smithfield, Johnston County -- Gastonia, Gaston County -- Wilmington, New Hanover County -- Mount Olive, Wayne County -- Greenville, Pitt County -- Statesville, Iredell County -- Laurinburg, Scotland County -- New Bern, Craven County -- Tarboro, Edgecombe County -- Fayetteville, Cumberland County -- Goldsboro, Wayne County -- Sanatorium, Hoke County.
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 175-193) and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2017033537
ISBN9781476667249 paperback alkaline paper
ISBN1476667241 paperback alkaline paper
Standard identifier# 99974888901

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