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Black And White Health Disparities: Racial Bias In American Healthcare, Yasmeen Almomani

Bridges: An Undergraduate Journal of Contemporary Connections

This paper explores the historical implications of race in American society that have led to implicit racism in the healthcare system. Racial bias in healthcare against Black people is a factor in the health disparities between Black and white people in America, such as the gap in life expectancy, infant death, and maternal mortality. Black people are more likely to report racial discrimination from healthcare providers, which is a reason for the decreased quality of care received. The past justifications of slavery, the Tuskegee syphilis study, and the medical experimentations on Black women are horrifying but were considered acceptable in …

An Analysis Of Major Issues For Culturally-Minded Professionals In Women's Health Care, Victoria Clark

Victoria Clark

Pusey, William Allen, 1865-1940 (Sc 238), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 238. Chiefly letters from Dr. William Pusey’s widow to Mary T. Moore, Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University, related to Dr. Pusey’s published works. Includes typescripts of letters commenting on Dr. Pusey’s efforts to prevent the spread of venereal diseases during World War I.

The Clinical Gaze In The Practice Of Migrant Health: Indigenous Mexican Migrants In The United States, Seth M. Holmes Phd, Md

Seth M. Holmes PhD, MD

This paper utilizes eighteen months of ethnographic and interview research undertaken in 2003 and 2004 as well as follow-up fieldwork from 2005 to 2007 to explore the sociocultural factors affecting the interactions and barriers between U.S. biomedical professionals and their unauthorized Mexican migrant patients. The participants include unauthorized indigenous Triqui migrants along a transnational circuit from the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico, to central California, to northwest Washington State and the physicians and nurses staffing the clinics serving Triqui people in these locations. The data show that social and economic structures in health care and subtle cultural factors in biomedicine keep …

A Study Of The Knowledge And Attitudes Of Physicians Toward Victims Of Spouse Abuse, Ramani N. Garimella

Health Services Research Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to measure the knowledge and attitudes of physicians toward victims of spouse abuse. All 150 practitioners in the specialities of emergency medicine, family medicine, obstetrics-gynecology and psychiatry, in a large area general hospital are included in the sampling frame; 76 responded (RR = 51%). Knowledge and attitudes were measured using the Physician Survey on Spouse Abuse. Rosenberg's Tripartite Model of Attitude formed the theoretical basis for this study. Participants were 72% male, 90% white, 88% currently married, with a mean age of 44 years (SD = 7.99). Mean years in practice was 14.61 (SD …

The Climate Of Texas In Relations To The Distribution Of Diseases And The Effects Of Climate And Weather Changes In Causing Diseases And Deaths, Issac Monroe Cline

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Book, "The Climate of Texas in Relations to the Distribution of Diseases and the Effects of Climate and Weather Changes in Causing Diseases and Deaths", by Dr. Isaac Cline, published by Strickland Printing Company. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Yellow Fever Quarantine Proclamation, James S. Hogg

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Quarantine Proclamation issued by the Governor of Texas, J.S. Hogg, declaring a quarantine against the City of Brunswick, Georgia, due to yellow fever epidemic. Signed and sealed by J.S. Hogg. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Correspondence, Henry Eustice Mccullough

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Letter written by Henry McCulloch on TX Institute for Deaf and Dumb letterhead to Governor Frank R. Lubbock requesting help getting General W.P. Harrison to run for treasurer. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Notice To Clean/Sanitize Property Issued By The Office Of The Health Physician In Galveston, Tx, George W. Peete

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Notice from Office of the Health Physician in Galveston, TX, issued to W.G.? To clean Lot No. 5 and empty privy on or before May 21, 1875, or be held liable to fines and penalties imposed by city ordinance, signed by G.W. Peete. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Hospital Ledger, St. Mary's Infirmary

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Hospital ledger listing patients admitted and treated during the month of January 1871 at the rate of 75 cents per day, signed by Dr. C.H. Wilkinson. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Receipt For Medicine Purchased, E F. Schmidt

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Receipt for drugs, medications bought and paid for by Mr. Oehring from E.F. Schmidt, druggist and apothecary. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Correspondence, William R. Smith

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Correspondence written by Dr. William R. Smith to Judy? offering sympathy and condolences for the death(s)? Of family members also writes of his own illness from yellow fever in Galveston and talks about the medical care he has provided to victims, namely soldiers, of the yellow fever epidemic, Dickson Bayou, TX. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Probate Claim, Thomas C. Cook

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Claim filed against Estate of M.W. (illegible) for medical services rendered by Dr. Cook. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Probate Claim, Thomas J. Heard (1814-1899)

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

robate claim filed against Estate of Matthew W. Marin for medical treatment renderd to decedent by Dr. Heard, See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Receipt For Medicine Purchased, H. C.L. Aschoff

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Receipt to Judge Dean for medications purchased from H.C.L. Aschoff, Druggist. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Probate Claim, Edward Randall

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Additional claims filed against Estate of Pilant for medical services rendered, paid in full with interest by admininstrator of estate. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Itemized Bill And Probate Claim For Medical Services, Medications Rendered, Edward Randall

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Itemized bill/claim filed against Estate of J.W. Pilant for medical services provided. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Probate Claim, J. H. Hannay

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Claim filed by Dr. Hannay against the Estate of John Everett for medical services rendered to decedent, received payment in full from Judge John Dean, administrator of estate. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Probate Claim, C. P. Rankin

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Probate Claim, Herman C. Jaeger

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Claim filed against Estate of B. Kramer for medical attendance provided to decedent during last illness (yellow fever), See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Probate Claim, A. J. Gilder

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Claim filed against the Estate of Charles Givins for medical services and prescriptions provided to decedent by Dr. Gilder, approved by C. Buster, Chief Justice. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Probate Claim, Thomas B. Vardeman

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Claim filed against Charles Givens for medical services, medications rendered, certified by A. Blackburn, Justice of the peace. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Probate Claim, W. W. Harrison

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Claim filed against unknown estate for medical services provided prior to decedent's death, paid in full by William Wright, administrator pro tem. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Probate Claim, Joseph R. Brown

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Probate claim filed by Dr. Brown and judgment ordered against the Estate of George S. Adsil for medical services rendered. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Probate Claim, J. C. Jordan

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Claim filed by Dr. Jordan against the Esate of McMillan for medical services rendered to one enslaved person, et al. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Probate Claim, John C. Taylor

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Claim filed against the Estate of Ellen Parks for medical services rendered to decedent, filed by Dr. Taylor in the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, LA, signed and sealed by Judge Alexander McKenzie Buchanan. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Probate Claim, Isruel S. Savage

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Claim filed against Estate of Ellen Parks for medical services rendered, approved and signed by Chief Justice James. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Probate Claim, Ashbel Smith

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Claim filed against Estate of John Linder? for medical services rendered to decedent, wife, and children, signed by Chief Justice James, paid in full by (illegible), administrator of estate. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Probate Claim, William D.C. Meyer

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Claim filed against the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Lander for medical services rendered approved by W.F. James, Chief Justice, paid. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Notarized Legal Document Requesting Payment For Medical Services, F. Earest Baumgarten

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Notarized and sealed document requesting payment for medical visits, treatments, and medications provided to decedent in 1847 (illegible), to be paid from estate. . See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.