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Community Health Centers: A Movement and the People Who Made It Happen (review)
Ist Teil von
Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 2009, Vol.83 (2), p.420-421
Ort / Verlag
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2009
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Project MUSE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
In assessing why the health centers have survived, even flourished, through Democratic and Republican administrations and during liberal and conservative eras, Lefkowitz argues that part of the reason for their success was that "they offered specific, concrete services when and where they were needed" (p. 24) and also that local communities had the experience of ownership and control that other federal programs did not provide. Through penetrating examinations of the social, political, economic, and health status of the South in the mid-twentieth century, and astute mini-biographies of critical actors, Lefkowitz provides a fascinating portrait of how community leaders and health center personnel were able build grassroots support for the center and to help administrators and community residents alike to understand "just how social science, environment and medical care all came together" (p. 38).