Howard University Men and Women in the Armed Forces

Title: Collection, 1941-1946 Description:1.5 linear ft. Notes: Consists of correspondence, press releases, and name and address files of Howard University graduates who served in the armed forces during World War II. See also Prometheans, Inc. Records. Gift of James M. Nabrit, Jr., 1958. Subjects: Blacks; Medical affairs; World War II Howard University; Moorland-Spingarn Research Center; Letters from Howard University Men and Women in the Armed Forces Howard University, Washington, DC World War II (1939-1945); Blacks; Troops World War II (1939-1945); Education; Colleges and universities World War II, 1939-1945; Miscellanea; Letters from Howard University Men and Women in the Armed Forces World War II, 1939-1945; Personal narratives Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (Washington, DC) NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.58 NUCMC #: MS 62-428

How the mass media report social statistics: A case study concerning research on end-of-life decisions

This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Social Science & Medicine. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. Copyright @ 2010 Elsevier B.V.The issue of whether it is right to be concerned about the accuracy with which mass media report social scientific research is explored through a detailed case study of media reporting of two surveys of UK doctors' end-of-life decision-making. Data include press releases, emails and field notes taken during periods of media interest supplemented by a collection of print and broadcast media reports. The case study contributes to existing knowledge about the ways in which mass media establish, exaggerate and otherwise distort the meaning of statistical findings. Journalists ignored findings that did not fit into existing media interest in the 'assisted dying' story and were subject to pressure from interest groups concerned to promote their own interpretations and viewpoints. Rogue statistics mutated as they were set loose from their original research report context and were 'laundered' as they passed from one media report to another. Yet media accounts of the research, fuelling an already heated public debate about ethical issues in end-of-life care, arguably acted as a conduit for introducing new considerations into this debate, such as the role played by sedation at the end of life, the extent to which euthanasia is practiced outside the law, and the extent of medical opposition to the legalisation of assisted dying. The expectation that accuracy and comprehensiveness should be the sole criteria for judging journalists' reports is, finally, considered to be unrealistic and it is argued that social scientists need to understand and adapted to the conditions under which mass media reporting operates if they are to succeed in introducing the findings of social research into public debates.The Nuffield Foundation, the National Council for Palliative Care, Age Concern, the Motor Neurone Disease Association, the Multiple Sclerosis Society, Help the Hospices, Macmillan Cancer Support, and Sue Ryder Care

JOHNSON, Campbell Carrington

Title: Papers, 1940-1955 Description: 15 linear ft. Notes: Lawyer and U.S. Army officer. Official correspondence from Johnson\u27s career with the Selective Service System, including case files and general subject files; speeches and statements by Johnson on the social and military status of blacks; autobiography and biographical material; and newspaper clippings, War Dept. press releases, and photos, relating chiefly to blacks in the armed forces. Includes material relating to Johnson\u27s civic activities in Washington, DC, particularly in the field of social work and concerns. Gifts of Col. Johnson, 1947, 1970-1971. Subjects: Afro-Americans (for all permanent residents of the United States of black African ancestry); Social life and customs Armed Forces; Afro-Americans Blacks; Medical affairs; Military affairs Howard University; Students; Johnson, Campbell C. Lawyers; Johnson, Campbell C. Race relations Selective Service Board Selective Service System; Johnson, Campbell C., assistant director Social workers; Johnson, Campbell C. Social work; Washington, DC United States; Officers\u27 military and personal papers; 20th century; 1940s and after United States; Selective Service System (1940-) Washington, DC; Charitable and social work Washington, DC; Civic and community affairs Washington, DC; Young Men\u27s Christian Association World War II, 1939-1945; Afro-Americans Young Men\u27s Christian Association; Washington, DC Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (Washington, DC) NIDS #: 4.72.63 NUCMC #: MS 83-124

Halting the 'sad degenerationist parade': medical concerns about heredity and racial degeneracy in New Zealand psychiatry, 1853-99.

Historians have focused on early twentieth-century positive eugenics in New Zealand. In this article, I argue that the response came from a tradition of concern about heredity and white racial degeneracy, which extended beyond the British Empire. This article focuses on concerns about heredity at the Auckland Mental Hospital between 1850 and 1899, and contextualises these concerns in New Zealand mental hospital statistics from the late–nineteenth century. This article also considers Australasian, British, North and South American medical and immigration legislation history, and contrasts this with the legislation and medical discourses which formed part of a fear of heredity, racial degeneracy, immigration and mental illness in New Zealand

Medical discourse and ideology in the Edinburgh Review: a Chaldean exemplar

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