Weidman, Hazel Marie Hitson, (1923--) Papers, 1955-1991

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Weidman, Hazel Marie Hitson, (1923--) Papers, 1955-1991

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The papers reflect Hazel Weidman's contribution to the development of medical anthropology as an academic discipline in its own right, with particular emphasis on the need to attain a transcultural perspective in the delivery of health care to patients from multi-ethnic backgrounds. The papers also reveal her initiative in organizing the dispersed anthropologists working in medical fields into what is now the Society for Medical Anthropology. Weidman's work as the founding eidtor of the Medical Anthropology Newletter is also documented.

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Harvard University, Tozzer Library

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Harvard University, Tozzer Library

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