At the heart of Houston stands the Texas Medical Center. This dense
complex of educational, clinical, and hospital facilities offers
state-of-the-art patient care, basic science, and applied research
in more than fifty medicine-related institutions. Three medical
schools, four schools of nursing, and schools of dentistry, public
health, and pharmacology occupy the thousand-acre campus.
But none of this would exist if not for the generosity and vision
of Monroe Dunaway Anderson, who, in 1936, established the
foundation that bears his name. The M. D. Anderson Foundation
ultimately became the driving force behind creating and shaping
this leading-edge medical complex into what it is today.
"Enduring Legacy: The M. D. Anderson Foundation and the Texas
Medical Center" provides a unique perspective on the indispensable
role the foundation played in the creation of the Texas Medical
Center. It also offers a case study of how public and private
institutions worked together to create this veritable city of
health that has since become the largest medical complex in human
history.
Historian William Henry Kellar caps off a decade of research on
institutions and characters associated with the Texas Medical
Center. He draws on oral histories, extensive archival work, and a
growing secondary literature to provide an absorbing account of
this leading institution of modern medicine and the philanthropy
that made it possible.
General
| Imprint: |
Texas A & M University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2014 |
| First published: |
April 2014 |
| Authors: |
William Henry Kellar
|
| Foreword by: |
George H. W. Bush
• James A. Baker
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
280 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-62349-131-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-62349-131-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781623491314 |
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