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Taking the Cure to the Poor: Patients' Responses to New York City's Tuberculosis Program, 1894 to 1918

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  • Abel, E.K.

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Drawing on the case files of a major charitable agency, this paper explores how poor people experienced New York City's pioneering program of tuberculosis control. Although the program provided enormous benefits, poor New Yorkers often had pressing concerns that took priority over eradicating tuberculosis. Moreover, the program imposed extreme hardships even as it promised liberation from a terrible scourge. Poor people did not protest collectively, but many individually resisted. They delayed seeking diagnosis, disobeyed the advice promulgated by the Department of Health, attended clinics irregularly, and either refused to enroll in hospitals, sanatoria, and preventoria or fled soon after arrival.

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  • Abel, E.K., 1997. "Taking the Cure to the Poor: Patients' Responses to New York City's Tuberculosis Program, 1894 to 1918," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 87(11), pages 1808-1815.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.87.11.1808_3
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.11.1808
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