Sick and tired of being sick and tired : Black women's health activism in America, 1890-1950 /
Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired moves beyond the depiction of African Americans as mere recipients of aid or as victims of neglect and highlights the ways black health activists created public health programs and influenced public policy at every opportunity. Smith also sheds new light on the...
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| 格式: | Licensed eBooks |
| 語言: | 英语 |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press
©1995.
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| 叢編: | Studies in health, illness, and caregiving.
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| 在線閱讀: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fhrc8 |
| 總結: | Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired moves beyond the depiction of African Americans as mere recipients of aid or as victims of neglect and highlights the ways black health activists created public health programs and influenced public policy at every opportunity. Smith also sheds new light on the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment by situating it within the context of black public health activity, reminding us that public health work had oppressive as well as progressive consequences. |
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| 實物描述: | 1 online resource (xi, 247 pages) : illustrations |
| 參考書目: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index. |
| ISBN: | 058512728X 9780585127286 9780812200270 0812200276 9780812232370 0812232372 9780812214499 0812214498 1283210754 9781283210751 9786613210753 6613210757 |