Everything I Know about Health Care I Learned in the Pentagon in World War II.

Ginzberg, Eli

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ERIC Number: EJ431453

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Everything I Know about Health Care I Learned in the Pentagon in World War II.

Ginzberg, Eli

Academic Medicine, v66 n8 p439-42 Aug 1991

An autobiographical account by the army's chief logistical adviser to the surgeon general during World War II calls attention to the challenges of medical service planning and three postwar changes in medicine: demand for access to care; bigger federal biomedical research expenditures; and the rise of specialization. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Federal Aid, Health Services, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Research, Personal Narratives, Planning, Professional Education, Program Development, Specialization, World War II

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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