TY  - GEN
AB  - Dr. Laurel Case grew up in rural Little River, Kansas. After high school, he attended Hutchinson Junior College and Baker University before joining the U.S. Navy Medical Corps during World War II. Following his service, he earned his medical degree from Kansas University Medical School in 1949. Dr. Case began his medical practice in Enterprise, Kansas, and moved to Medford, Oregon, in 1955. He served as president of the Oregon Academy of Family Practice in 1968. He played a key role in founding the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Oregon Medical School (later OHSU) in 1971 and served as its first chairman. Throughout his career, he focused on improving family medicine, particularly in rural areas, and developed programs to support practicing physicians. In this interview, he focuses on his life and the future of rural medicine. 
DA  - 2001-06-12
DA  - 2001 June 12
DO  - 10.6083/bpxhc43716
DO  - doi
ED  - Case, Laurel G.
ED  - Kronenberg, Jim
ED  - Interviewee
ED  - Interviewer
ID  - 43716
KW  - Health Care Costs
KW  - Hospitals, Rural
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43716/files/Case-Laurel_HMOP-transcript_2001.06.12.pdf
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43716/files/Case-Laurel_HMOP-transcript_2001.06.12.pdf
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43716/files/Case-Laurel_HMOP-transcript_2001.06.12.pdf
LA  - eng
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43716/files/Case-Laurel_HMOP-transcript_2001.06.12.pdf
N2  - Dr. Laurel Case grew up in rural Little River, Kansas. After high school, he attended Hutchinson Junior College and Baker University before joining the U.S. Navy Medical Corps during World War II. Following his service, he earned his medical degree from Kansas University Medical School in 1949. Dr. Case began his medical practice in Enterprise, Kansas, and moved to Medford, Oregon, in 1955. He served as president of the Oregon Academy of Family Practice in 1968. He played a key role in founding the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Oregon Medical School (later OHSU) in 1971 and served as its first chairman. Throughout his career, he focused on improving family medicine, particularly in rural areas, and developed programs to support practicing physicians. In this interview, he focuses on his life and the future of rural medicine. 
PB  - Oregon Medical Association
PY  - 2001-06-12
PY  - 2001 June 12
T1  - Interview with Laurel Case, M.D.
TI  - Interview with Laurel Case, M.D.
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43716/files/Case-Laurel_HMOP-transcript_2001.06.12.pdf
Y1  - 2001-06-12
ER  -