Medicine
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
American Public Health Association records
Collection
Call Number: MS 810
Abstract:
Papers collected by Arthur J. Viseltear in connection with his research on the development of the American Public Health Association's Medical Care Section. Included are relevant records from the organization (1940-1957) documenting its research into the question of incorporating medical care into public health with special reports on medical care for the indigent, rural medicine, and relations between hospitals and health departments. In 1948 the advocates of medical care succeeded with the...
Dates:
1938-1972
Isidore Sydney Falk papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1039
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, professional files, research materials, writings, personal papers, and printed matter documenting Isidore Falk's career as an advocate of national health insurance and other programs related to public health. Of particular significance are the materials from his years with the Social Security Board (1936-1954), which document the campaign for government supported health insurance in the United States. Falk conducted public health and medical care surveys...
Dates:
1918-1984
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Isidore Sydney Falk papers
Nathan Sinai papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 760
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches, writings, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and research files documenting Nathan Sinai's career as a professor of public health at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his many posts on national and international health organizations. Included also are research data concerning costs of medical care in three cities in the United States in 1929 compiled by the Committee on the Costs of Medical Care, material on medical relief in Essex County, Ontario, and...
Dates:
1912-1966
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Nathan Sinai papers