Brown, Howard, 1924-1975

  • After surgery (Episode 1 of 6)

    Documentary on New York City hospitals, evaluating the affiliation program between municipal and voluntary hospitals and abuses in the system. Episode 1: After surgery. This program focuses on the quality of medical care at New York hospitals, such as Jacobi, Coney Island, and Bellevue, where patients are often not the top priority. Voices heard in…

  • New York City hospitals are dangerous to your life (Episode 2 of 6)

    Documentary on New York City hospitals, evaluating the affiliation program between municipal and voluntary hospitals and abuses in the system. Episode 2: New York City hospitals are dangerous to your life. This program is on the physical condition of hospitals — the buildings and the equipment in them– in New York City. The recording begins…

  • Research with the poor (Episode 3 of 6)

    Documentary on New York City hospitals, evaluating the affiliation program between municipal and voluntary hospitals and abuses in the system. Episode 3: Research with the poor. About performing dangerous research in hospitals on poor people without family. Voices heard on this program include New York state Senator Seymour Thaler; New York Times health reporter Martin…

  • Community health care and Medicaid cutbacks (Episode 5 of 6)

    Documentary on New York City hospitals, evaluating the affiliation program between municipal and voluntary hospitals and abuses in the system. Episode 5: Community health care and Medicaid cutbacks. Discussion of the challenges of providing care to the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who have no other medical resources, and the need for a new…

  • Organization, control, and planning for medical services (Episode 6 of 6)

    Documentary on New York City hospitals, evaluating the affiliation program between municipal and voluntary hospitals and abuses in the system. Episode 6: Organization, control, and planning for medical services. In this sixth and last of the medical series, the future of New York’s hospital system is explored: how it will be organized, who will run…