For Further Reading

These books are suggested for supplementary reading if you have access to them or wish to purchase them from the publishers. They are not approved nor officially supplied by the War Department. They have been selected because they give additional information and represent different points of view.

America Organizes Medicine. By Michael M. Davis. Published by Harper and Brothers, 49 East 33d St., New York 16, N. Y. (1941). $3.00.

Organized Payments For Medical Services. By Bureau of Medical Economics of American Medical Association, 535 North Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. (1941). Copies no longer available from publisher.

“U. S. Medicine In Transition.” Article in Fortune, December 1944. Reprints available on request from Fortune, Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Ave., New York 1., N. Y.

“Justice and the Future of Medicine.” Article by Wendell Berge in Public Health Reports, Vol. 60, No. 1, January 5, 1945. May be obtained from Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C. 10 cents.

Health Insurance in America. Published by United States Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H St., N.W., Washington 6, D.C. (1945). Addresses delivered at the Second National Conference on Social Security. Free on request to servicemen.

Wartime Health and Education. Report No. 3 of the Senate Subcommittee on Wartime Health and Education, Senate Office Building, Washington 25, D.C. (January 1945). Free on request.

Health Care for Americans. By C.-E. A. Winslow. NO. 104 of Public Affairs Pamphlets, published by Public Affairs Committee, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N. Y. (1945). 10 cents.

Principles of a National Health Program. Report of the Health Program Conference, published by Committee on Research in Medical. Economics, 1790 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. (1944). 10 cents.

“Content and Administration of a Medical Care Program.” An article by Joseph W. Mountin in American Journal of Public Health (December 1944). Reprints available from American Public Health Association, 1790 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. 25 cents.

Voluntary Medical Insurance in the United States Major Trends and Current Problems. By Helen Hershfield Avnet. Published by Medical Administration Service, 1790 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. (1944). $1.00.

Medical Service Plans. Report of Bureau of Medical Economics of American Medical Association (1943). Copies no longer available from publisher.

A Constructive Program for Medical Care. The official program of American Medical Association, in Journal of the American Medical Association, July 21, 1945. See also editorial and article called “Health Insurance” in the same issue.

National Health Service. By British Ministry of Health and Department of Health for Scotland. Published by Macmillan Co., 60 Fifth Ave., New York 11, N. Y. (1944). 75 cents.

“The Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill-S.1050 of 1945.” An analysis by Bureau of Legal Medicine of American Medical Association, in Journal of the American Medical Association, June 2, 1945. See also an editorial on the bill in the same number. Reprints available on request. Much material on the 1943 and 1945 Wagner-Murray-Dingell bills appears in other issues of the Journal. See especially an analysis by the Bureau of Legal Medicine and an editorial (June 26, 1943), and comments by Senator Wagner (June 30, 1945).

“American Bar Association Committee Reports.” In Journal of the American Medical Association, March 11, 1944. Reprints available on request.

For the Peoples Health. Published by Physicians Forum, 71 East 87th St., New York, N. Y. (1945). Free on request to servicemen.

Science, The Endless Frontier. By Vannevar Bush. Published by Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D: C. (1945). 30 cents.

From EM 29: Is Your Health the Nation's Business? (1946)