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African American hospitals in North Carolina : 39 institutional histories, 1880-1967 / Phoebe Ann Pollitt.
Van Pelt Library RA981.A45 P65 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pollitt, Phoebe, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Hospitals--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Hospitals--North Carolina--History--20th century.
- African Americans in medicine.
- Equality--Health aspects.
- Equality.
- African Americans--Medical care.
- African Americans--Hospitals.
- History.
- North Carolina.
- Hospitals--history.
- Black or African American.
- Medical Subjects:
- Hospitals--history.
- Black or African American.
- North Carolina.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 199 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- Part I Historical Overview of Segregated Hospital Care in North Carolina 1
- A Brief Review of the Professional Literature 3
- A Brief History of Hospitals in North Carolina Through 1900 6
- The Establishment of Early General Hospitals, 1876-1900 10
- The Founding of African American Hospitals 10
- Military and Veteran's Administration (VA) Hospitals 17
- Nursing Education 18
- Legal Segregation, Social Conditions and Medical Racism 20
- 20th-century Statistics Documenting Health Disparities 23
- Disparities in Hospital Beds by Race in the Mid-20th Century 24
- The Duke Endowment 25
- The Rosenwald Fund 26
- The North Carolina Medical Care Commission 27
- The Hospital Survey and Construction Act/Hill-Burton Act 29
- Lawsuits to End Hospital Segregation 30
- Conclusion 35
- Part II The Health Care Facilities 37
- Raleigh, Wake County 37
- Charlotte, Mecklenburg County 56
- Southern Pines, Moore County 65
- Durham, Durham County 70
- Winston-Salem, Forsyth County 76
- Wilson, Wilson County 86
- Asheville, Buncombe County 92
- Henderson, Vance County 101
- Monroe, Union County 107
- Greensboro, Guilford County 110
- Oxford, Granville County 117
- Smithfield, Johnston County 121
- Gastonia, Gaston County 125
- Wilmington, New Hanover County 128
- Mount Olive, Wayne County 135
- Greenville, Pitt County 136
- Statesville, Iredell County 138
- Laurinburg, Scotland County 140
- New Bern, Craven County 142
- Tarboro, Edgecombe County 147
- Fayetteville, Cumberland County 150
- Goldsboro, Wayne County 160
- Sanatorium, Hoke County 164.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476667249
- 1476667241
- OCLC:
- 970032696
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