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Mr. Axelrod, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am pleased to be asked to return to talk to you about what promises to be my first and last medical consultation in the fie^tf of hospital planning* I am somwhat hesitant to do so, because as I look around, and even though I see a good deal of warmth in your faces, I realize that there are many of you who have listened to this talk twice before. I can tnink of no other way of describing this talk than to use what the motion picture directors 3peak of as a "re-release", particularly when I hear the ftmsic from the other room. Now, this is a collection of thoughts which has been prepared essentially for the lay mind. I see the faces of some of my colleagues hereabouts, and I hope and pray that they will bear with me while I enter into some rather primitive medical discussions You have before you my rather limited report and recommendations, and you have also had the opportunity, I hope, of reading Dr. George Baehr's Foreword to that report. Let me say that my recommendations are based upon the following assumptions; if those assumptions are incorrect, the recommendations are obviously off-balance and askew. The first assumption is that the Associated Jewish Philanthropies are already committeed to certain responsibilities in the care of the patient during acute and long-term illness. That cannot be avoided, and th&re can be no retreat from those responsibilities. Furthermore, under this assumption recognition is made of the fact that no longer can any well-ordered community look after only a small segnent of a patient<s illness. The total care of the patient now comes to be a community responsibility^ and this responsibility can no longer be divided into unrelated, capricious, and uncoordinated units. Most successful shopkeepers look over their shelves and see how many cans of Pet Milk and Quaker Oats are on hand. So those of us in hospital or community life must also look over our assets from time to time. The Associated Jewish Philanthropies are thus re-evaluating their assets. The Association recognizes that the only state compatible with a lack of growth is death. No one can stand still. One moment after I have said this last word, all of us have changed. So do our hospitals, our communities, and our community responsibilities. The second assumption is that the long-term patient - a better phrase than chronic I think - and the healthy or infirmed aged, should be treated with the same dignity and quality of medical care which is now provided the acutely ill. I believe that this represents the considered point of view of the Associated Jewish Philanthropies.
Object Description
Collection Name | Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Boston, Massachusetts |
Collection Number | I-220 |
Dates | 1947; 1948; 1949 |
Box Number | 12 |
Folder Number | 04 |
Subjects |
Federations, Financial (Social service) Philanthropy--United States |
Access | Request access |
Rights | User has an obligation to determine copyright or other use restrictions prior to publication or distribution. Please contact the archives at reference@ajhsboston.org or 617-226-1245 for more information. |
Language | English |
Source | American Jewish Historical Society-New England Archives, New England Historic Genealogical Society |
Description
Collection Name | Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Boston, Massachusetts |
Collection Number | I-220 |
Dates | 1947; 1948; 1949 |
Box Number | 12 |
Folder Number | 04 |
Subjects |
Federations, Financial (Social service) Philanthropy--United States |
Description |
Historical Records United Jewish Campaign Boston Jewish Community Health Survey Meetings, Correspondence, Recommendation |
Access | Request access |
Rights | User has an obligation to determine copyright or other use restrictions prior to publication or distribution. Please contact the archives at reference@ajhsboston.org or 617-226-1245 for more information. |
Language | English |
Transcript |
Mr. Axelrod, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am pleased to be asked to
return to talk to you about what promises to be my first and last medical
consultation in the fie^tf of hospital planning*
I am somwhat hesitant to do so, because as I look around, and even
though I see a good deal of warmth in your faces, I realize that there
are many of you who have listened to this talk twice before. I can
tnink of no other way of describing this talk than to use what the
motion picture directors 3peak of as a "re-release", particularly when
I hear the ftmsic from the other room.
Now, this is a collection of thoughts which has been prepared
essentially for the lay mind. I see the faces of some of my colleagues
hereabouts, and I hope and pray that they will bear with me while I
enter into some rather primitive medical discussions
You have before you my rather limited report and recommendations,
and you have also had the opportunity, I hope, of reading Dr. George
Baehr's Foreword to that report.
Let me say that my recommendations are based upon the following
assumptions; if those assumptions are incorrect, the recommendations
are obviously off-balance and askew.
The first assumption is that the Associated Jewish Philanthropies
are already committeed to certain responsibilities in the care of the
patient during acute and long-term illness. That cannot be avoided,
and th&re can be no retreat from those responsibilities. Furthermore,
under this assumption recognition is made of the fact that no longer
can any well-ordered community look after only a small segnent of a
patient |
Source | American Jewish Historical Society-New England Archives, New England Historic Genealogical Society |
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