Title:

Letter from Mike Gorman to Edward P. Boland

Creator:

Citizens for the Treatment of High Blood Pressure
Gorman, Mike

Recipient:

Boland, Edward P. and United States. Congress. House

Date:

25 July 1979

Description:

Mike Gorman, Executive Director of Citizens for the Treatment of High Blood Pressure, wrote to Boland asking him to make sure that research appropriations for VA hypertension research were adequate, and provided background and justifications for this. The letter illustrates the health policy advocacy that both Gorman and Mary Lasker were well known for.

Location:

Box: 5. Folder: 17

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Hypertension

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

XFBBKP

NLM ID:

101584929X156

Profiles Collection:

The Edward D. Freis Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584929X156

Story Section:

The VA Cooperative Study and the Beginning of Routine Hypertension Screening, 1964-1980