African American physicians and organized medicine, 1846-1968: Origins of a racial divide

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 306-313

  Baker, Robert B ^a   Washington, Harriet A ^b   Olakanmi, Ololade ^c   Savitt, Todd L ^d   Jacobs, Elizabeth A ^e   Hoover, Eddie ^g   Wynia, Matthew K ^c,f  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CIVIL RIGHTS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; REVIEW;

EID: 47549086319     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.3.306     Document Type: Review

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