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The Journal of the National Medical Association 100 years ago: a new voice of and for African American physicians.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20806687     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Volume 1 of the Journal of the National Medical Association (JNMA), published quarterly during 1909, included a good deal of space devoted to 2 key concerns: (1) building and unifying black health professionals in medicine, surgery, dentistry, and pharmacy; and (2) providing a voice for these African American health professionals to the often-hostile and racist larger world of medicine. The Journal's editor, Charles Victor Roman, and associate editor, John A. Kenney, were well suited to the task. They promoted membership in the National Medical Association (NMA), attendance at NMA annual meetings, and cooperation among the health professions. They also used the pages of the JNMA to firmly respond to the negative articles and biased, even hateful, attitudes expressed by white medical and lay people. The JNMA has continued to speak for the black medical profession over the subsequent 100 years.
Authors:
Todd L Savitt
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the National Medical Association     Volume:  102     ISSN:  0027-9684     ISO Abbreviation:  J Natl Med Assoc     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-01     Completed Date:  2010-09-29     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503090     Medline TA:  J Natl Med Assoc     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  734-44     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA. savittT@ecu.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
African Americans / history*
History, 20th Century
Humans
Periodicals as Topic / history*
Physicians / history*
United States

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