Reminiscences of Murray J. Shear : oral history, 1965.

Biographical Note

Medical researcher.

Scope and Contents

Educational background; pediatrics research at Jewish Hospital, Brooklyn; research on tumor growth, malignancy; Public Health Service history; establishment and reorganization of National Cancer Institute; studies of carcinogenic substances, properties and potencies; service on policy committees; problems of scientists employed by government; relationship between National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute.

Subjects

• Cancer--Research.
• Health services administration.
• Interviews.
• Medical scientists--Interviews.
• Medicine--Research.
• National Institute of Health (U.S.)
• Oral histories.
• Phillips, Harlan B., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Shear, Murray Jacob, 1899-1983.
• United States. Public Health Service.

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