did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

We're the #1 textbook rental company. Let us show you why.

9781608190935

The Good Doctors The Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Struggle for Social Justice in Health Care

by
  • ISBN13:

    9781608190935

  • ISBN10:

    1608190935

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-04-27
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Press
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $18.00

Summary

The Medical Committee for Human Rights was organized in 1964 to support civil rights activists during Mississippi's Freedom Summer. MCHR volunteers exposed racism within the American Medical Association, desegregated southern hospitals, set up free clinics in inner cities, and created the model for the community health center. They were early advocates of single-payer universal health insurance. InThe Good Doctors, celebrated historian John Dittmer gives an insightful account of a group of idealists whose message and example are an inspiration to all who believe that "Health Care is a Human Right."

Author Biography

John Dittmer won the Bancroft Prize and several other awards for Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi. He is a member of the history department at DePauw University and resides in Fillmore, Indiana.

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

Rewards Program