When the Tuskegee Veteran's Hospital opened in 1923, many in the Veteran's Bureau believed black physicians and nurses were not competent to staff the facility. With the exception of nurses' aides, orderlies, attendants and laborers, hospital personnel would be white. Recruiting and training black medical professionals was difficult given the obstacles facing blacks in obtaining education in medicine and gaining acceptance in the field. The history of the TVH reflects the struggle for racial equality in the United States. This book describes the effort to integrate the hospital and follows the careers of the small group of well trained, dedicated physicians who played significant roles in the hospital's development as a treatment center for black veterans. The hospital's contributions to research and medicine are documented, along with its involvement in one of the biggest scandals in medical research-the Tuskegee syphilis study.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mcfarland & Co Inc
ISBN-13
9781476662985
eBay Product ID (ePID)
222133235
Product Key Features
Author
Mary Kaplan
Publication Name
The Tuskegee Veterans Hospital and Its Black Physicians: the Early Years
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Medicine, Social Sciences, Government, History
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Mary Kaplan
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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