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Dr. Marion L. Krippaehne reflects on her early life and the application process for medical school in the 1940s. She talks about her student days at the University of Oregon Medical School and then working in hematology and later internal medicine. She reflects on the implementation of Medicare, practicing medicine in American Samoa for a year after retiring, and the future of medicine with her concerns over drug advertising along with advice for future doctors.

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Title
Interview with Dr. Marion L. Krippaehne
Date
2007 November 7
Creator
Oregon Medical Association
Contributor
Krippaehne, Marion, Interviewee
Mullins, Richard J., Interviewer
Subject (Name)
Osgood, Edwin (Edwin Eugene), 1899-1969
Peterson, Clare Gray, 1917-
Krippaehne, William Wonn, 1917-1985
Subject (Topic)
World War II
Women in medicine
Hematology
Internal Medicine
Medicare
Subject (Place)
Oregon--Portland
American Samoa
Type
Interview
DOI
https://doi.org/10.6083/bpxhc43894
Source
Collection name: History of Medicine in Oregon oral history project
Collection number: 2004-005
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Historical Collections & Archives > Manuscript & Special Collections > History of Medicine in Oregon oral history project
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Publisher
Oregon Medical Association
Place of Creation
Portland, Oregon
Language
English
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