The John Owen papers include notes, newsclippings, reports, and official correspondence concerning Dr. John Owen's professional activity (from 1951-1995), especially diabetes and endocrinology research, the relationship between pharmaceutical companies and physicians, federal regulations on prescription writing, and pharmacist-physician interaction. This collection is of special interest to scholars interested in the University of Virginia's clinical investigation during the 1960s-70s on diabetes and endocrinology; the relationship between pharmaceutical companies (and other organizations sponsoring basic research) and physicians; the effect of and response to federal legislation of the early 1970's which regulated prescription writing; the role of the pharmacist and their relationship to the physician; the interaction of the University of Virginia's department of medicine with the hospital's lab/pathology department; and the use of free samples from drug companies.
