The Past Does Matter: a Nursing Perspective on Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS)

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 779-783

  Sule, Ejim ^a   Sutton, Ryan M ^b   Jones, Debbie ^a   Moore, Ramel ^a   Igbo, Imaculata ^a   Jones, Lovell A ^a,c  

^a PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health inequities; Mental health; Post traumatic slave syndrome; Slavery

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013662816     PISSN: 21973792     EISSN: 21968837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-016-0328-7     Document Type: Article

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