Black physicians and the struggle for civil rights: Lessons from the Mississippi experience: Part 1: The forces for and against change

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 920-925

  Deshazo, Richard D ^a   Smith, Robert ^b   Skipworth, Leigh Baldwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Central Mississippi Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Black physicians; Crow medicine; Freedom; Jim; Summer

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK PERSON; CIVIL RIGHTS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FREEDOM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC FIGURE; RACISM; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISTORY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CIVIL RIGHTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MISSISSIPPI; PHYSICIANS; RACISM; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84907991966     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.05.038     Document Type: Review

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