Reminiscences of Marion Bayard Folsom : oral history, 1964.

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Reminiscences of Marion Bayard Folsom : oral history, 1964.

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Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1955-58: medical school expansion, budget increases; 1950s health legislation, appropriation increases; long range health program planning; 1962 study of Public Health Service personnel system; task force studies on community health needs, services; value of Hill-Burton Act; expanding opportunities for medical students; Rochester area health care facilities planning, coordination; Patient Care Planning Council activities; "progressive care"; Mills-Kerr Plan, Social Security; nurses training program development.

Transcript: 123 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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