U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare, national blood policy records, 1969-1981.

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U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare, national blood policy records, 1969-1981.

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Consists of reports, documents, correspondence, memoranda, and printed matter. A sizable number of the items are copies. Dr. Ian Mitchell was Special Assistant for Science to the Assistant Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (Dr. Merlin K. Duval) and chaired the multi-agency, intra-departmental task force for a National Blood Policy, which led to the Policy's creation. The collection represents Dr. Mitchell's set of working papers created and compiled by the committee.

8.75 linear ft. (21 boxes)

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United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

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In March 1972 President Richard Nixon called for an "intensive study" and requested a plan for developing a "safe, fast, and efficient nationwide blood collection and distribution system." Nixon's request was the result of several independent events and initiatives throughout the late 1960s that focused on the U.S. lack of an efficient system for maintaining a sufficiently ample, risk-free national blood supply. The primary aim of the policy was to eliminate the nation's dependence on an oft-con...

National Blood Resource Education Program (U.S.)

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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

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