Caring for Equality
A History of African American Health and Healthcare
David McBride author Jacqueline M Moore editor Nina Mjagkij editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
Published:18th Jul '18
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This book outlines the historical struggle for health equality among African Americans, emphasizing ongoing health disparities and advocacy efforts. Caring for Equality serves as a vital resource for understanding these issues.
In Caring for Equality, David McBride explores the historical and ongoing struggles faced by African Americans in their quest for better health care and improved health outcomes. He delves into the roots of these issues, tracing them back to the legacy of slavery, systemic racism, and discrimination that have plagued the African American community since the arrival of enslaved individuals in America. The book highlights the collaborative efforts of African Americans and their white allies who have fought tirelessly to address these disparities in health care and access to medical resources.
The narrative emphasizes the persistent health challenges that African Americans face today, such as heart disease, diabetes, and other significant health problems. McBride introduces the concept of the health equality ideal, which advocates for the belief that the health of Black Americans should be equal to that of their white counterparts. This principle serves as a guiding force behind the ongoing efforts to eliminate health disparities and promote equitable health care for all.
Caring for Equality is not just a historical account; it also includes a timeline, selected primary sources, and an extensive bibliographic essay, making it an invaluable resource for students and readers interested in the intersections of health, race, and history. McBride's work provides a comprehensive starting point for those looking to delve deeper into this critical and often overlooked aspect of African American history.
McBride’s excellent history, which includes a bibliographic essay, will guide students and other researchers while inspiring the public to call for more action to ensure health justice. * Booklist *
“This elegant book grounds the history of African American experience with healing firmly in the broader social movements for equality. McBride highlights the distinct motivations that underlay struggles for medical and hospital care, environmental and social justice, positing that equality is foundational in understanding it origins and broader meaning. This is a heartfelt and important premise, one that is rarely noted by American medical historians. McBride’s book should be read by all who seek to understand the social basis of American health movements.” -- David K. Rosner, Columbia University
“An incredible story of persistence, passion, dedication and commitment to health equity, David McBride movingly shows how African American medical professionals were essential parts of black communities furnishing indispensable services and equally important providing a vision of what was possible – a society based on fairness, quality health care and justice. Waves of extraordinarily dedicated, innovative and brilliant activists arose generation after generation to address the enduring challenges of segregation, discrimination and outright racial repression in America’s medical care system. This book is essential reading for anyone who cares about the enduring struggle to achieve equality in health care in America.” -- Gerald Markowitz, John Jay College – CUNY
“Caring for Equality is the right prescription for a short and readable history about African American and health care. From the healing science of slave women to community efforts to face the AIDS epidemic, McBride provides a thoughtful and succinct guide for what he calls the health equality ideal in American history. A must read for anyone who wants to understand how health disparities are created and the struggles to overcome them.” -- Susan M. Reverby, McLean Professor in the History of Ideas and Professor of Women's Studies, Wellesley College
This concise yet inclusive text provides an impressive account of the many interconnected forces that have influenced health equity. In the present political environment, in which decades of gains—including equal access to health care and affirmative policies that ensure equal access to education and employment—are being eroded * CHOICE *
ISBN: 9781442260597
Dimensions: 236mm x 159mm x 19mm
Weight: 458g
208 pages