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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Watson, Wilbur H.
Corporate Author:	NetLibrary, Inc
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [1999], ©1999.
Subjects:	United States. Electronic books. African American physicians > History. Race discrimination > United States > History. Black People > history. Physicians > history. Prejudice.
Genre:	Electronic books.
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Physical Description:	xi, 198 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Electronic eBook

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.