KAHN, Elsbeth. Professor, USC School of Medicine. Adjunct professor, USC School of Social Work. Medical social work.

Elsbeth Kahn Interview. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Date of interview: 11-27-90. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 21 pp.

Topics of interview: Entrance into social work; development of interest in medical social work; Red Cross social worker; medical social work at LA County Hospital; National Association of Medical Workers and National Association of Social Workers; work at Hospital Rancho Los Amigos; decision to earn Ph.D.; course work at Brandeis; dissertation on aging; work at Vanderbilt; move to USC School of Medicine; medical school committee work; reflections on career; Hospital Rancho Los Amigos; development of programs and experiences at Rancho; experiences at USC medical school; Department of Community Medicine; subjects and teaching of medical seminars; approaches to AIDS and cancer; counseling; volunteer work with outside agencies; hospice movement; influence of professional social workers on medical programs and policies; cancer education; changes in field of social work.

Additional Materials:

1. Papers and articles written by Elsbeth Kahn. 2. Invitation to Department of Family Medicine reception on 13 June 1991 honoring Elsbeth Kahn on her retirement. 3. Curriculum Vitae. 4. 1 diskette of transcript of interview.