Against the odds : Blacks in the profession of medicine in the United States

Against the odds : Blacks in the profession of medicine in the United States / Wilbur H. Watson.

Author/creator	Watson, Wilbur H.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New Brunswick (U.S.A.) : Transaction Publishers, ©1999.
Description	xi, 198 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	African American physicians--History. Race discrimination--United States --History.

Contents	Race, class, and power in the structure of medical practice in the United States -- History and political economy of African American medical education -- Gender in the development and practice of medicine by Blacks -- The significance of physician access of hospitals -- Illness and economic constraints on help-seeking behavior -- Race in the structure of access to treatment -- Doctor shopping behavior -- Stigma and coping with professional degradation -- The vanishing country doctor -- Interfaces of folk and biomedical practitioners -- Ethical issues in the practice of medicine -- Contemporary status of Black physicians
Local note	Little-321628--305131023600O
Bibliography note	References: p. 187-193.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	98034953
ISBN	1560003766 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	R695 .W38 1999	✔ Available	Place Hold