Organization: Walter J. Lear U.S. Health Activism History Collection / Form: Clippings (information artifacts) and Financial records - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Organization Walter J. Lear U.S. Health Activism History Collection Form Clippings (information artifacts) Form Financial records

Extent:: 64 boxes
Abstract:: Administrative records, correspondence, and publications documenting the activities and policy concerns of the Physicians Forum, an organization of progressive doctors founded by Ernst P. Boas in New York City. Its advocacy on the national level encompassed numerous health issues, with particular focus on health insurance, discrimination in medicine, and resistance to McCarthyism.

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