Black & Blue: The Origins & Consequences of Medical Racism

In Black and Blue: The Origins and Consequences of Medical Racism, the author argues that the persistence of folkloric beliefs about racial differences both inside and outside of the medical profession affects the medical treatment received by African Americans. [...]he asserts that the medical esta...

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Published inJournal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved Vol. 26; no. 2; p. 603
Main Author Rowe, Jill Elaine
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 01.05.2015
Subjects
African Americans
Medical treatment
Physicians
Racism
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Summary:In Black and Blue: The Origins and Consequences of Medical Racism, the author argues that the persistence of folkloric beliefs about racial differences both inside and outside of the medical profession affects the medical treatment received by African Americans. [...]he asserts that the medical establishment has not elected to treat the African American health crisis as an emergency and that it has not accepted racial health disparities as a fact of life.
ISSN:1049-2089
1548-6869
DOI:10.1353/hpu.2015.0043