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Book SynopsisHow a coalition of Black health professions schools made health equity a national issue.
Winner of the Phillis Wheatley Award from the Sons & Daughters of the United States Middle Passage
Racism in the US health care system has been deliberately undermining Black health care professionals and exacerbating health disparities among Black Americans for centuries. These health disparities only became a mainstream issue on the agenda of US health leaders and policy makers because a group of health professions schools at Historically Black Colleges and Universities banded together to fight for health equity. We''ll Fight It Out Here tells the story of how the Association of Minority Health Professions Schools (AMHPS) was founded by this coalition and the hard-won influence it built in American politics and health care. David Chanoff and Louis W. Sullivan, former secretary of health & human services, detail how the struggle for equity has been fought in the field
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An important, detailed account of the hard-won victories in the fight for equal health care access in the United States.
—Foreword Reviews
Racism in the U.S. health care system has been deliberately undermining Black health care professionals and exacerbating health disparities among Black Americans for centuries.David Chanoff and Louis W. Sullivan, former secretary of Health and Human Services, detail how the struggle for equity has been fought in the field of health care, where bias and disparities continue to be volatile national issues.
—Washington Informer
A pertinent and valuable exploration of the often-overlooked endeavors to address racial health disparities in the United States....The book captivates readers by weaving together political history and memoir, interspersed with interviews and reflections from those closely associated with AMPHS to paint a vivid picture of a critical historical period.
—The FASEB Journal
Table of Contents
Preface
Timeline
Chapter 1. The Nadir
Chapter 2. The Response
Chapter 3. Abraham Flexner and the Black Medical Schools
Chapter 4. AMHPS: The Founding
Chapter 5. The Heckler Report
Chapter 6. Landmark Legislation
Chapter 7. AMHPS and the Secretary
Chapter 8. The Office of Minority Health
Chapter 9. The Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities
Chapter 10. A National Institute
Chapter 11. A Common Mission
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
