Minnesota plays a unique role in the arena of health, with impactful political/cultural moments, and important contributions from institutions such as Mayo Clinic, Hazelden, UCare, among others. Over the decades, MPR News and American RadioWorks have produced a breadth of reports and programming specifically dedicated to the subject of health. This collection includes interviews, debates, speeches, and documentaries that provide greater detail to the many facets of healthcare, from both a local and national perspective.
November 29, 1977 - Rabbi Seymour Siegel, professor of ethics at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, speaking at a forum on biomedical ethics organized by the Minnesota Inter-religious Committee for Biomedical Ethics, and sponsored by a grant from the Minnesota Humanities Commission in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities. Siegel’s speech was entitled, "Human Experimentation and Informed Consent". To what lengths should researchers go to gather data using humans as subjects? How much should a potential human subject be told about the experiment he or she is to take part in? These and related questions were topics of speech.
December 3, 1977 - Dr. Robert Coles, a Harvard University psychologist, speaking at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. Cole’s address centers on how minority children deal with the stresses and problems they face in contemporary society.
December 7, 1977 - Highlights from "World Hunger and Agriculture: China as a Case Study" conference on world hunger and agricultural policy at Augustana College in South Dakota, including a discussion of China's farm plan. Harvard professor Dr. John King Fairbank, former director of the East Asian Research Center and chairman of the Council on East Asian Studies, provided a historical introduction to life in China in a keynote address; and Dr. Benedict Stavis of the Center for International Studies at Cornell University, gave a speech titled "China's Agriculture, a Socio-Economic Revolution."
December 13, 1977 - Dr. Raymond Moody, author of the book "Life After Life," speaking about his theory that people who have nearly died and then revived often relate extraordinary experiences which suggest consciousness after death.
December 31, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, lawyer/pharmacist Marc Kurzman and Doug Morgan, of C.R.E.A.T.E. drug awareness program, discuss responsible use of alcohol, its effects on the body, and laws involved. Kurzman and Morgan also answer listener questions.
January 7, 1978 - On this regional public affairs program, Ellen Pence, state coordinator of the Minnesota Program for Battered Women; and Barbara Adams, chairperson of a United Way study of battered women in the Minneapolis area, discuss the problems of battered women.
February 2, 1978 - Writer and playwright Garson Kanin gives opening remarks to "The Zestful Generation: Exploding the Myths of Age" two-day conference on aging, held at the Dayton's Department Store Auditorium in Minneapolis.
February 3, 1978 - New York columnist Jimmy Breslin speaks about "Colorful People from the Past" at The Zestful Generation: Exploding the Myths of Age two-day conference on aging held at the Dayton's Department Store Auditorium in Minneapolis. Introduction by WCCO TV's Dave Moore.
February 3, 1978 - On this MPR Special, a broadcast of "The Best is Yet to Be" panel discussion from The Zestful Generation: Exploding the Myths of Age, a two-day conference on aging held at the Dayton's Department Store Auditorium in Minneapolis. Introduction by WCCO TV's Bill Carlson.
February 3, 1978 - Writer and playwright Garson Kanin gives closing remarks to "The Zestful Generation: Exploding the Myths of Age" two-day conference on aging, held at the Dayton's Department Store Auditorium in Minneapolis. Introduction by WCCO Radio's Charlie Boone.