Oral history interview of Michael DeBakey by Donald A. Schanche (tape 16)

Oral history interview of Michael DeBakey by Donald A. Schanche (tape 16)

Contributor(s):
Schanche, Donald A. (Interviewer)
DeBakey, Michael E. (Michael Ellis), 1908-2008
Publication:
Produced: August 1972
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews
Transcripts
Abstract:
In 1972, journalist Donald A. Schanche (1926-1994) conducted a series of interviews with DeBakey as part of his research for a planned biography. Schanche worked on the project for several years, but the book was never completed. Several letters in the NLM DeBakey Papers indicate that Schanche, though a talented, experienced writer and editor, had difficulty drafting DeBakey's life story because of the sheer number and variety of DeBakey's interests and achievements. In 1976, Schanche joined the Foreign Division of the Los Angeles Times, and moved to Cairo. It appears that neither he nor DeBakey were able to follow up with the biography.. Topics covered in this interview include: Review of various awards; television appearances; first use of LVAD and attendant publicity; dealing with the news media; lack of sufficient grant funding to use LVADs more often; publicity-seeking vs. public health education; public health and health education; health care as a public good, not a commodity; ways to make a more efficient health care system; town-gown conflicts in medicine.
Copyright:
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Extent:
50 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101743405X323 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
FJBBTW
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X323
Archival Collection:
The Michael E. DeBakey Papers (Profiles in Science)