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The University of Michigan Medical School
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Oral History Project |
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Sponsored by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation
of Michigan |
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Documenting
the Health Care Experiences of African Americans in Southeastern
Michigan: The Compilation and Dissemination of Primary Resources
Relating to Health Care, the Health Professions and the Health
Sciences |
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This
project's goal is to learn about the experiences of African Americans
in Southeast Michigan during the era of segregated health care,
and understand how that affects us today. |
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Although
medical records exist from some black health care workers, and
black-owned and -operated hospitals, many such sources are disappearing.
In addition, as many African American health professionals and
patients who lived through important historical events are now
dying, this research has become even more timely and necessary.
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The
Project Research Team, under the direction of principal investigator
Norman L. Foster, M.D., and Harold W. Neighbors, Ph.D., is working
to fill this information gap by gathering oral histories of African
American physicians, nurses, dentists, health care administrators,
non-traditional health care providers and patients. |
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This
project also addresses concerns of Michigan health care providers
and policymakers who say there is a lack of understanding about
the current needs and attitudes of African Americans with regard
to health care. |
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This
web site is intended to be a resource for high school, college
and university teachers and students, and the public. |
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A
national conference was held at the Charles H. Wright Museum of
African American History in Detroit, Michigan in February 1999
to discuss current health care policy and implications for the
future. |
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