The politics of racial disparities: Desegregating the hospitals in Jackson, Mississippi

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-269

  Smith, David Barton ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparity; Health care; Race; Segregation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, HOSPITAL; MISSISSIPPI; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 22344447510     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2005.00346.x     Document Type: Review

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