California Medical Association, medical insurance, and the law, 1935-1992
By: H. Howard Hassard ; with introductions by Peter N. Grant and David E. Willet ; interviews conducted by Malca Chall 1992, 1993. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Grant, Peter N.; Willett, David E., 1934-; Chall, Malca.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1993
Subjects: California Medical Association.; Lawyers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews.; Insurance, Health -- California.; Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- California.; Medicare.; Medicaid -- California.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: University of California source of community leaders oral history series.
Description: Hassard discusses his childhood in San Leandro, Calif.; student days at Boalt Hall School of Law; serving as council for the California Medical Association; landmark medical malpractice suits; controversy over group health and closed panel medical practice; Medicare, Medicaid (Medi-Cal); future of comprehensive health care plans.