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Author Smith, David Barton, author.

Title Malicious intent : murder and the perpetuation of Jim Crow health care / David Barton Smith.

Publication Info. Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2023]

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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult New Materials  362.1 SMITH    Check Shelf
Description 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Race and Recovery of Memory. A Forgotten Death ; Jim Crow America's Health System ; The Death of Universal Health Care -- Mobile. The Lost Cause ; Struggles with Jim Crow ; Jim Crow Medicine -- Jean Cowsert, MD. Growing Up ; An Irresistible Force Meets an Immovable Object ; Cowsert and the Cages.
Summary "David Barton Smith traces the Jean Cowsert story and the cold case of her death as a through line to explain the construction and fulfillment of an unequal healthcare system that would rather sacrifice many than provide for Black Americans"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Cowsert, Jean, 1925-1967.
Discrimination in medical care -- Alabama -- Mobile -- History.
Discrimination in medical care -- United States -- History.
African Americans -- Medical care -- Alabama -- Mobile -- History.
African Americans -- Medical care -- History.
Medical care -- Alabama -- Mobile -- History.
Medical care -- United States -- History.
Racism against Black people -- Alabama -- Mobile -- History.
Racism against Black people -- United States -- History.
African Americans -- Medical care (OCoLC)fst00799638
Discrimination in medical care (OCoLC)fst00895105
Medical care (OCoLC)fst01013753
Racism against Black people (OCoLC)fst02029244
Alabama -- Mobile (OCoLC)fst01206367
United States (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Smith, David Barton. Malicious intent Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2023 9780826506153 (DLC) 2023031034
ISBN 9780826506139 paperback
0826506135 paperback
9780826506153 electronic book
9780826506160 electronic book
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