Rockefeller philanthropy and modern biomedicine : international initiatives from World War I to the Cold War / edited by William H. Schneider.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schneider, William H. (William Howard), 1945-

Series:

Philanthropic and nonprofit studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rockefeller Foundation.

Medicine--Research--Endowments.

Medicine.

Medicine--Research.

Physical Description:

251 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2002]

Summary:

The eight case studies in this edited volume show in detail how the Rockefeller Foundation's gifts affected medical research, education, and public health in Europe, the Soviet Union, and China between World War I and the Cold War. Despite the Foundation's goal to help countries with established medical research programs, major advances were achieved in several countries that did not have a notable history in medical research. In other circumstances, however, the Rockefeller Foundation was confronted with local cultural and political imperatives that reshaped or weakened its objectives. Rockefeller Philanthropy and Modern Biomedicine offers important lessons regarding the situations in which international philanthropy is likely to be most effective.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0253341515

OCLC:

48944503