The medical follow-up agency : the first fifty years, 1946-1996 / Edward D. Berkowitz and Mark J. Santangelo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berkowitz, Edward D.

Santangelo, Mark J.

Series:

Compass series.

The Compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Medical Follow-up Agency--History.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.).

Veterans--Health and hygiene--Research--United States--History.

Veterans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Medical Follow-up Agency is a national treasure for veterans and for long-term studies of health. Its data resources provide incomparable opportunities to follow very important populations and to ask creative questions about their well-being as well as the occurrence and significance of illness. The Twin Registry provides an opportunity to understand the impact of heredity on health and disease in a population of more than 16,000 pairs of twins (i.e., 32,000 veterans). The Medical Follow-up Agency is a living tribute to the vision, energy, and effectiveness of Michael E. DeBakey, M.D. Dr. DeBakey created the idea for the agency, obtained the appropriate approvals, staffed its initial creation, and 50 years later, spoke on the occasion of its golden anniversary. This sequence of events must be unique in the history of veterans' health and medical research.

Contents:

""The Medical Follow-up Agency""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Foreword""; ""Authors' Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1 Creating the Agency""; ""THE IDEA""; ""ORGANIZING A PLAN OF ACTION""; ""FINDING THE FUNDING""; ""2 The Early Committee Years""; ""FOLLOW-UP STUDIES""; ""STARTING THE FOLLOW-UP AGENCY""; ""THE FIRST ROUND OF STUDIES""; ""IMPACT OF THE KOREAN WAR""; ""REVIEWING THE AGENCY'S PROGRESS""; ""3 Changing Times""; ""NEW PROJECTS IN THE LATE 1950's""; ""TRANSITIONS IN PERSONNEL""; ""DECLINE OF THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS MEDICAL PROBLEMS""; ""NEW CORE FUNDS""

""COMMITTEE ON EPIDEMIOLOGY AND VETERANS FOLLOW-UP STUDIES""""THE NEW COMMITTEE'S MISSION""; ""THE TWIN AND PRISONER OF WAR STUDIES MATURE""; ""THE AGENCY IN THE AGE OF THE GREAT SOCIETY AND ITS AFTERMATH""; ""VIETNAM AND THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION""; ""4 Recent Decades""; ""THE FIRE IN SAINT LOUIS""; ""AT MID-DECADE""; ""THE ASSEMBLY OF LIFE SCIENCES""; ""SEYMOUR JABLON IN CHARGE""; ""WILLIAM PAGE'S INTERIM""; ""THE 1990's""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Notes""; ""Medical Follow-up Agency Publication List, 1946-1996""; ""1946""; ""1949""; ""1950""; ""1951""; ""1952""; ""1953""; ""1954""; ""1955""

""1956""""1957""; ""1958""; ""1959""; ""1960""; ""1961""; ""1962""; ""1963""; ""1964""; ""1965""; ""1966""; ""1967""; ""1968""; ""1969""; ""1970""; ""1971""; ""1972""; ""1973""; ""1974""; ""1975""; ""1976""; ""1977""; ""1978""; ""1979""; ""1980""; ""1981""; ""1982""; ""1983""; ""1984""; ""1985""; ""1986""; ""1987""; ""1988""; ""1989""; ""1990""; ""1991""; ""1992""; ""1993""; ""1994""; ""1995""; ""1996""; ""Index""; ""About the Authors""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-124) and index.

ISBN:

9786610210282

9780309184151

0309184150

9781280210280

1280210281

9780309596954

0309596955

9780585009100

0585009104

OCLC:

923265567