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    Abraham Flexner: a Flawed American Icon
    Abraham Flexner: a Flawed American Icon
    Abraham Flexner: a Flawed American Icon
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    Abraham Flexner: a Flawed American Icon

    By Michael Nevins

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    When Abraham Flexner died in 1959 at age 92, a New York Times obituary declared, no other American of his time contributed more to the welfare of his country and of humanity in general. Flexners famous Report in 1910 and his subsequent work at the Rockefeller Foundation helped transform American medical education from crude to world leader. Later, as founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study he attracted Albert Einstein and other luminaries to Princeton. Notwithstanding these achievements, Flexner was hypercritical of others, often abrasive, and his self-assurance irritated many of his colleagues to his detriment. Moreover, he
    was an intellectual elitist who, like many of his generation, either denied or ignored certain moral hazards prevalent in America during his lifetime, including eugenics theory and institutional anti-Semitism. In this critical analysis, Dr. Nevins distinguishes between Flexner the progressive reformer and the humanly-flawed man himself.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateOct 20, 2010
    ISBN9781450260855
    Abraham Flexner: a Flawed American Icon
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    Michael Nevins

    Dr. Michael Nevins practiced internal medicine and cardiology in northern New Jersey for nearly four decades and frequently lectures and writes on subjects related to medical history, bioethics and geriatrics. His recent books have included Jewish Medicine: What It Is and Why It Matters (2006), A Tale of Two “Villages”: Vineland and Skillman, NJ (2009), Abraham Flexner: A Flawed American Icon (2010) and Meanderings in New Jersey’s Medical History (2011). Dr. Nevins currently is president of the Medical History Society of New Jersey and in 2010 received that organization’s David L. Cowen Award in recognition of his career activities in the field of medical history.

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