Terminal care

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The papers consist of scattered correspondence, minutes, reports, writings and audiocassettes primarily documenting Edward Dobihal's involvement with, and the early administrative history of, Connecticut Hospice, Inc. These papers form part of the Contemporary Medical Care and Health Policy Collection.

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The papers consist of reports, background materials, testimonies, and notes documenting the work of Peter Libassi, as general counsel to HEW, in the areas of radiation, recombinant DNA research, drug reform, and hospices

Abstract: Howard Spiro was head of the Gastroenterology Unit or Section of the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale from 1955 until his retirement in 1999. He was co-founder and first Director of the Program for Humanities in Medicine. The collection contains typescripts of Spiro's talks and addresses; typescripts of essays, mostly related to issues in humanities in medicine; a manuscript autobiography; correspondence related to Yale; reprints of Spiros's articles, columns, and book reviews; and...

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The records include administrative records, writings, an oral history, photographs, and memorabilia pertaining to the St. Luke's Hospice/Palliative Care Program.

Abstract: The papers document the professional careers of Florence and Henry Wald, pioneers in the hospice movement. The collection includes records documenting the founding, planning, and inception of Hospice, Inc., the first hospice program in the United States. The Hospice, Inc. records also provide particularly useful documentation of an example of a community based institution that relied on grass roots support for its development and administration. Meticulous notes and other documentation Wald...

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The papers are composed of subject files of Morris A. Wessel relating to the hospice movement and to Franz Goldmann.