Reminiscences of John S. Rodman, 2003

Biographical Note

Doctor of Internal Medicine

Scope and Contents

Background: born Dayton, OH, childhood New York City; education: Columbia University and Columbia Medical School; career: internist at Lenox Hill Hospital and New York Hospital; Coast Guard Medical Corps service; 9/11: preparation for a major catastrophe at the hospital, little for doctors to do in wake of event; post-9/11: desire to leave city, loss of friends and acquaintances, somber mood of city; fear of future terrorism threat, disagreement with response of George W. Bush administration, concern for loss of civil liberties; change in hospital protocols, nasal swabs for anthrax, post-traumatic stress disorder in patient population, severe acute respiratory syndrome [SARS] epidemic, bio-terrorism; perception of diminishing acute trauma, concern that memory of 9/11 has been misused in the context of military action

Subjects

• Interviews.
• Jones, Rory, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Physicians--Interviews.
• Rodman, John S., 1946-
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

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Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 2003 and 2005