Medicine
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
Goldie Krantz papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 780
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, research memoranda, addresses, publications, and miscellaneous biographical material of Goldie Krantz, an active proponent of prepaid dental and medical care. In addition, there are records concerning the Welfare Fund of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, the Pacific Maritime Association, and the Group Health Association. Memoranda and other papers related to her work as a researcher and consultant in evaluating health care plans...
Dates:
1928-1977
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Goldie Krantz papers
George A. Silver papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1002
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, reports, and other writings, which chiefly relate to George Silver's service as deputy assistant secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, as an executive associate at the National Urban Coalition, and as professor of public health at Yale University. The papers document Silver's concern for the quality and costs of medical care in the United States and in developing countries and his focus on comprehensive health care...
Dates:
1946-1999
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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George A. Silver papers