Health Care Divided

Author: David Barton Smith
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 047210991X
Category: Medical

Health Care Divided: Race and Healing a Nation

David Barton Smith offers a complete chronicle of racial segregation and discrimination in health care in the United States using vivid first-hand accounts as well as current evidence of inequity in patterns of use and outcomes. Download Health Care Divided medical books for free.
Smith details judicial and federal efforts to address these disparities, discusses their persistence in more subtle forms, and offers possible strategies for ending them.
Health Care Divided tells the story from 1920 to the present by distilling a narrative from archival records and interviews with key participants. The book traces the decisive role race has played in shaping our system of medical care and explores the effect of this legacy on long-term care for the elderly and prenatal care for infants.

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