Health Care in the Black Community: Empowerment, Knowledge, Skills, and Collectivism

by Sadye L.M. Logan and Edith M. Freeman

Book Overview

Empower patients with culture-specific strategies for promoting health, treating disease, and preventing violence Current reports show that Black Americans have the highest death rate of all racial and ethnic groups. They suffer disproportionately from a number of fatal diseases, including hypertension, diabetes, and certain cancers. Moreover, violence takes far too high a toll, especially among young Black men. Clearly a different approach to health...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789004577
• ISBN13: 9780789004574
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.4"