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"Study of the Sick" Conference : Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OH 148

Abstract

Nineteen scientists, medical researchers, sociologists and historians were brought together to engage in a "long discussion" structured by clusters of questions formulated by the co-chairs. The agenda explored the post-war interconnections made between American and European clinical investigators, research teams, and institutions that came to represent these "golden years" of biomedical research.

Dates

  • Creation: May 20-22, 1991

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 box)

Creator

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

English

Restrictions

Donor's copyrights were transferred to the public domain. Archival collections often contain mixed copyrights; while NLM is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. It is the user's responsibility to research and understand any applicable copyright and re-publication rights not allowed by fair... use. NLM does not grant permissions to publish.

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Copyright and Re-use Information

Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.

Privacy Information

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Historical Note

The Study of the Sick conference was held on May 20-22, 1991 at the Allegheney General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. It was organized by Judith Swazey of the Acadia Institute (Bar Harbor, ME) and co-sponsored by the National Library of Medicine and the Alleghany-Singer Research Institute (Pittsburgh). According to the conference proceedings, the "goals of the conference were to generate an account of an especially creative and productive era in clinical... research that ocurred in the United States" between 1945-1960, and to discuss and debate the factors that produced this flowering of research.

Nineteen scientists, medical researchers, sociologists and historians were brought together to engage in a "long discussion" structured by clusters of questions formulated by the co-chairs and distributed to participants prior to the meeting. The agenda explored the post-war interconnections made between American and European clinical investigators, research teams, and institutions that came to represent these "golden years" of biomedical research. Throughout the conference several themes repeated themselves: the education of young physicians, both clinical and research; the interrelationships between teaching, patient care, and research; the advent of molecular biology and some the side-effects; the huge growth of academic medical centers, medical schools, and its causes and consequences.

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Collection Summary

The collection consists of conference tapes and transcripts, floppy disks, the published proceedings, and background information about the conference. Conference tapes consist of the original reel-to-reel tapes, as well as cassette copies. The original transcript exists and also contains short biographical sketches of each participant and an index to the topics discussed. The published proceedings includes a summary introduction that discusses the... impetus behind the conference and the general themes that participants discussed. However, the published text is different from that found in the original transcript. The 5 1/4 inch floppy disks contain Wordperfect files of the session transcripts.

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