 |
|
| History of Medicine | |
Finding Aid to the Primary Care Oral History Collection, 1995-1996
Printer-friendly Version
TABLE OF CONTENTS
|
Biographical/Historical NoteFitzhugh Mullan, M.D. is a pediatrician by professional training and also an author. He has written two autobiographies and a history of the Public Health Service, Plagues and politics: the story of the United States Public Health Service. He is a former director of the Bureau of Health Professions and Assistant Surgeon General of the PHS. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Science. Return to the Table of Contents Collection SummaryThe collection consists of 62 oral histories of primary care physicians in America and Britain by Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D. The project was undertaken to document the lives and work of individuals contributing to the interdisciplinary realm of primary health care delivery. Mullan intended to write a book on the subject using these interviews as a primary source. The subjects were selected by Mullan using his personal network of contacts, attempting to achieve geographic, gender, ethnic and disciplinary balance. While not a truly scientific "sample frame," Mullan's contacts provided recommendations for potential interviewees in each area of the country he visited. Mullan then pared down the list according to his own judgment. A poorly understood, yet often debated area of medical practice, primary care professionals are drawn from family practice, general practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, and the ranks of nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Partly misunderstood because of its interdisciplinary nature, it also suffers from a lack of spokespersons that are often associated with specialty oriented disciplines. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsRestrictionsCopyright was transferred to the public domain. Contact the Reference Staff for details regarding rights. For online customer service, please visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/contacts/custserv-email.html. CopyrightCollection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For online customer service, please visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/contacts/custserv-email.html. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationPrimary Care Oral History Collection. 1995-1996. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; OH 146. ProvenanceGift of Fitzhugh Mullan, 7/1/1997, Accession 1997-18. Return to the Table of Contents Series Descriptions
Return to the Table of Contents |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last updated: 25 June 2004
First published: 25 June 2004
Metadata| Permanence level: Permanent: Dynamic Content