Practice and protest: Black physicians and the evolution of race-conscious professionalism

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-81

  Powers, Brian W ^a   Oriol, Nancy E ^a,b   Jain, Sachin H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Israel Deaconess Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

African American physicians; Medical history; Professional life; Race and medicine

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; HISTORY; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONALISM; RACE RELATION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONALISM; RACE RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924416255     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2015.0002     Document Type: Article

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