This is a little late-breaking, but thought it might be a good forum for CAM-IM researchers to jump in on the fray.
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I'm associate producer of a public radio show called "BackStory with
the American History Guys," and we're producing an episode about the
history of America's unique (sometimes unhealthy...) relationship to
health care. So we're talking public health and science and medicine
and technology and swamp-draining and germ theory and all sorts of fun
stuff.
Part of the show is devoted to taking questions from callers (it's all
pre-recorded), and I'm wondering if the folks on your h-sci-med-tech
listserv would be interested in taking a look at our topic blurb, and
either leaving a comment on our website, or sending me an email if
they'd like to take up an issue with our History Guys (The show is
hosted by American historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh and Peter Onuf)...
Here's the topic in more detail and a link to the site:
An Apple A Day: A History of Health Care
“What Germany has done in the way of old-age pensions or insurance
should be studied by us, and the system adapted to our uses.” Thus
declared Teddy Roosevelt in 1912, making him the first U.S.
presidential candidate to advocate for health insurance reform. But
arguments about the government’s responsibility for keeping Americans
healthy go back a lot longer than that. On this episode of BackStory,
the Guys will explore the history of those debates, and ask where the
notion of "public health" came from in the first place. Do we think
about health care more individualistically than previous generations
did? How have race and religion factored in? Why did we wind up with a
health care system that looks so different from other industrialized
countries? We want to hear your questions and comments!
The setup for the calls works like this-- people with interesting
questions/comments either post it on our website, or email me. Then
we'll arrange a time during our next recording session Tues, 8/18
6:30-7:30 pm, for me to give them a call, and they get to ask their
question to the hosts-- it's more like a conversation than a Q & A--
the whole thing takes about 10 minutes. It's no-pressure... NOT
LIVE... pretty fun.
Any chance you might alert your friends/colleagues? We'd really
appreciate it!
Thanks so much,
Rachel Quimby
Assoc. Producer-BackStory
(434) 243-5530