Malicious Intent: Murder and the Perpetuation of Jim Crow Health Care

by David Barton Smith

"Do we want to perpetuate a Jim Crow health system?" A brilliant, idealistic physician named Jean Cowsert asked that question in Alabama in 1966. Her answer was no--and soon after, she died under suspicious circumstances. Unearthing the truth of Cowsert's life and death is a central concern of David Barton Smith's Malicious Intent. Unearthing the grim history of our health care system is another.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826506135
• ISBN13: 9780826506139
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"