Pioneering Health Care For African-Americans

ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Phoebe Ann Pollitt PhD, Associate Professor (Creator)
Institution
Appalachian State University (ASU )
Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/

Abstract: The story of African-American health care in Chattanooga begins in 1905, the year Dr. Emma Wheeler and her husband, Dr. John Wheeler, came to Chattanooga to set up a joint medical practice . . . At the time, Baroness Erlanger Hospital, the largest and most prestigious white hospital in Chattanooga, maintained crowded basement wards that could accommodate only a few black patients.

Additional Information

Publication
Pollitt, P. (2015). Pioneering Health Care for African-Americans (Opinion Column). Chattanooga Times Free Press, August 30, 2015. NC Docks permission to re-print granted by author. Publisher version of record available at: https://www.timesfreepress.com/
Language: English
Date: 2015
Keywords
African-Americans, health care, African-American health care, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Dr. Emma Wheeler, Dr. John Wheeler,

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