IV. Professional Activities and Associations Records, 1961-2001, 1961-2001
Scope and Contents
Series IV contains articles, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and reports documenting resulting from HB's professional activities and associations. Topics include HB’s preparation for visits with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his personal physician, Dr. Yeshi Donden, in the 1970s and 1980s; his administrative work with Beth Israel Hospital and Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center, mostly during the 1980s and 1990s; his work toward nationally available behavioral medicine education programs and clinics; testimony in front of the Joint Committee on Insurance at the Massachusetts State House to encourage insurance coverage for mind/body medicine; and communication with HRH The Prince of Wales throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, regarding their mutual interests in spirituality and non-Western influences on conventional Western medical techniques.
Dates
- Creation: 1961-2001
Conditions Governing Access
Series IV contains personal and patient information that is restricted for 80 years, and administrative and personnel information that is restricted for 50 and 80 years. The end of the restriction period is noted below with each folder.
Extent
14.1 cubic feet (12 record cartons, 7 flat document boxes, 2 oversize flat document boxes.)6 cubic feet (5 records center cartons and 1 glass lantern slide cabinet)
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by topic.
Creator
- From the Collection: Benson, Herbert, 1935- (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) Repository
The Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine is one of the world's leading resources for the study of the history of health and medicine. Our mission is to enable the history of medicine and public health to inform healthcare, the health sciences, and the societies in which they are embedded.