Health Inquiry: Heart disease, cancerU.S. Government Printing Office, 1953 - 3151 pages pt.8: Contains two compilations. a. "Health and Maternity Insurance Throughout the World," Feb. 1954, by Carl H. Farman, SSA (p. 2565-2629). b. "Hospital and Medical Care Programs in Great Britain, Sweden, New Zealand, and Australia," Feb. 1954, by Martha D. Ring, PHS (p. 2631-3151) |
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None of the many other subjects with which this committee deals affects every family and individual in these United States more directly than the subject of health . Apart , however , from the human factors involved , I have become ...
None of the many other subjects with which this committee deals affects every family and individual in these United States more directly than the subject of health . Apart , however , from the human factors involved , I have become ...
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( 2 ) How can groups , individuals , and family units protect them- selves against the unavoidable economic losses flowing from these diseases ? The first aspect of our inquiry is , therefore , directed primarily toward the public and ...
( 2 ) How can groups , individuals , and family units protect them- selves against the unavoidable economic losses flowing from these diseases ? The first aspect of our inquiry is , therefore , directed primarily toward the public and ...
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Now , I think it is worth while at this point to make a brief state- ment about what happens to a family ; just a reminder as to what may happen to an individual and a family when that individual is stricken with heart disease .
Now , I think it is worth while at this point to make a brief state- ment about what happens to a family ; just a reminder as to what may happen to an individual and a family when that individual is stricken with heart disease .
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Fortunately that picture does not hold for a considerable proportion of individuals who have either a heart disease or a stroke . Many of them are able to return to livelihood , but frequently they are markedly handicapped in their ...
Fortunately that picture does not hold for a considerable proportion of individuals who have either a heart disease or a stroke . Many of them are able to return to livelihood , but frequently they are markedly handicapped in their ...
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We , however , do not rely on early treatment of streptococcal in- fections in an individual who has been identified as having had rheu- matic fever or rheumatic heart disease . We give them daily pro- phylaxis , either the sulfa drugs ...
We , however , do not rely on early treatment of streptococcal in- fections in an individual who has been identified as having had rheu- matic fever or rheumatic heart disease . We give them daily pro- phylaxis , either the sulfa drugs ...
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| Title | Health Inquiry: Heart disease, cancer Part 1 of Health Inquiry: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-third Congress, First and [-second] Sessions, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Part 1 of Health Inquiry: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-third Congress, First[-second] Session, on the Causes, Control, and Remedies of the Principal Deseases of Mankind, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 3151 pages |
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