Rockefeller philanthropy and modern biomedicine

"The eight case studies in this edited volume show in detail how the Rockefeller Foundation's gifts affected medical research, education, and public health in Europe, the Soviet Union, and China between World War I and the Cold War. The cases reveal the varied success of the country-level programs in meeting the Foundation's goals. Despite the Foundation's primary emphasis on strengthening established medical programs, major medical advances were achieved in several places without a notable history of medical research. In other circumstances, however, the Rockefeller Foundation was confronted with local cultural and political imperatives that reshaped or weakened its objectives. The book offers important lessons regarding the situations in which international philanthropy is likely to be most effective."--BOOK JACKET.