Harper, Mary S.
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- Mental illness in nursing homes, 1985:t.p. (Mary S. Harper, Ctr. for Studies of the Mental Health of the Aging, Div. of Prevention and Special Mental Health Programs, Rockville, Md.)
- Minority aging, essential curricula content for selected health and allied health professions, 1990:p. ii (Harper, M.S.)
- Human experimentation, c2005:opening screen (Mary Starke Harper, last surviving health care worder from the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and retired U.S. government health care policy-maker and adviser)
- Biography resource center, Nov. 17, 2005(Mary S. Harper, Dr. ; also know as Mary Starke Harper; b. Sept. 6, 1919, in Ft. Mitchell, Alabama; PhD 1963, MS 1952, BS 1950, RN 1941)
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Mary Starke Harper (September 6, 1919 – July 27, 2006) was an African American nurse who worked in bedside nursing, nurse research and health policy. She spent several years working for the Department of Veterans Affairs. She performed clinical research on the geriatric psychiatric population and minority health. In 1972, Harper created the NIMH Minority Fellowship Program. She served on four presidential administration advisory panels with regards to mental health and health care reform. She died in 2006 as the recipient of several honors and author of over 180 publications.
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