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 Tolchin; intern Mike Smith; medical auditor Dr. Jerry Morehead; Dr. Donald Dixon, associate commissioner of the New York state health department; Dr. Bernard Bukoff, health services administrator; state investigation commissioner Myles Lane; Jack Haldeman, head of the Health and Hospital Planning Council; Dr. George Bayer, a member of the New York City board of hospitals; former health services administrator Dr. Howard Brown; and others.