| Title: |
Reminiscences of Alfred, Walter, and Olga Gellhorn
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A120
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Research on nitrogen mustard and treatment for shock, teaching activities, Columbia, 1943-68; cancer research and treatment at Delafield Hospital, 1949-68; Director, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 1968-73; concerns as Director, Center for Biomedical Education, City College of New York, from 1974; controversy concerning ethnic distribution, reverse discrimination in admissions policies of biomedical program; related difficulties in program accreditation, funding, curriculum development; push for community medicine; work with Council of International Organizations of the Medical Sciences on bio-ethical issues, human rights, internationalization of drug research, development.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 721 leaves, Tape: 2 reels, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required from interviewee. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1978 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Gellhorn, Alfred, 1913-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1913
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| Speaker occupation: |
Educator; Physician
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| Age at speaking: |
65
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| Document date: |
1978
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| Interviewer: |
Gellhorn, Kitty
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| Organizations discussed: |
Columbia University, New York, NY; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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| Locations discussed: |
New York; New York, NY; North America; Pennsylvania; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Columbia University, New York, NY; Educators; Medical education; New York; New York, NY; North America; Pennsylvania; Physicians; United States; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Bioethics--Study and Teaching; Community health services; Gellhorn, Alfred, 1913-; Gellhorn, Olga, Mrs. Alfred; Gellhorn, Walter, 1906-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019024-14467
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