from lindapanzo

This is the story of the Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR), an organization founded in 1964 to provide medical care for civil rights activists. At times, such as when the author is describing the actual medical efforts of the MCHR, such as in providing medical care to the protestors at th...

from skslib

As this was an Early Reviewers book from LT, I cracked open the cover with great anticipation...read a few chapters and then really slowed down. Author John Dittmer bogs the reader down with too many details. The story is definitely set in an interesting time. The Medical Committee for Human Righ...

from lindapanzo

This is the story of the Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR), an organization founded in 1964 to provide medical care for civil rights activists. At times, such as when the author is describing the actual medical efforts of the MCHR, such as in providing medical care to the protestors at th...

from book58lover

It is a bit academic and therefore a much slower read than I anticipated, but the information on the brave health care workers is monumental. Like every other movement in our history, the iconic faces are out there and all the worker bees are forgotten. Hopefully this book will bring those faces ...

from dichosa

'The Good Doctors' is a rich and detailed account of the struggles of both patients and doctors to have/give basic access to health care during the Civil Rights Movement. It also gives us the historical background for the birth of community health centers by the MCHR (Medical Committee for Human ...