An American Health Dilemma: Race, Medicine, and Health Care in the United States 1900-2000

by Linda A. Clayton and W. Michael Byrd

First published in 2002. An American Health Dilemma is the story of medicine in the United States from the perspective of people who were consistently, officially mistreated, abused, or neglected by the Western medical tradition and the US health-care system. It is also the compelling story of African Americans fighting to participate fully in the health-care professions in the face of racism and the increased power of health corporations and HMOs...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415927374
• ISBN13: 9780415927376
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 890 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.5" x 9.2"