Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Alfred, Walter, and Olga Gellhorn, 1975-1981.
Creator: | Gellhorn, Alfred | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 778 pages Sound recording 5 audiocassettes Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NotePhysician, educator; interviewee married Olga Gellhorn
Scope and ContentsAlfred Gellhorn was the principal subject, but his wife Olga and brother Walter participated for a considerable amount of the interview. Topics discussed include: research on nitrogen mustard and treatment for shock, teaching activities, Columbia, 1943-1968; cancer research and treatment at Delafield Hospital, 1949-1968; Director, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 1968-1973; concerns as Director, Center for Biomedical Education, City College of New York, from 1974; controversy concerning ethnic distribution, "reverse discrimination" in admissions policies of biomedical program; related difficulties in program accreditation, funding, curriculum development; push for community medicine; work with Council of International Organizations of the Medical Sciences on bio-ethical issues, human rights, internationalization of drug research, development
Subjects- Bioethics--Study and teaching.
- Columbia University.
- Community health services.
- Educators--Interviews.
- Gellhorn, Alfred--Interviews.
- Gellhorn, Kitty, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
- Gellhorn, Olga,--Mrs. Alfred--Interviews.
- Gellhorn, Olga, Mrs. Alfred, interviewee.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ive
- Gellhorn, Walter, 1906-1995, interviewee.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ive
- Gellhorn, Walter, 1906-1995--Interviews.
- Interviews.
- Medical education--United States.
- Oral histories (literary works)
- Physicians--Interviews.
- University of Pennsylvania. Medical Center.
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