Dying in the City of the Blues
Subtitle: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 2, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780807848968
Subjects: Haematology; Health systems & services; History of medicine; Medical anthropology; Racism & racial discrimination; Minority Studies - Race Relations; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Tennessee; Sickle cell anemia; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Medical / History; Social Science / African-American Studies; Social Science-Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Social Science-Minority Studies - Race Relations; sickle cell anemia; disease politics; clinical care; disease research funding; History; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Memphis
First sentence: In order to understand the health care system for African Americans that emerged in Memphis in the early twentieth century, we must first understand the city itself.