Betty Marks interviewed by Alex and Annette Hood in the Alex Hood folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1058171
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Marks, Betty, 1924-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. After death of interviewee written permission required for public use from the executor of the estate.
- Description:
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- 2003 Jul. 12
- 3 digital audio tapes (ca. 157 min.)
- Series:
- Alex Hood folklore collection.
- Summary:
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TAPE 1: Dr. Betty Marks, one of the first women doctors in the hospital system in Sydney, speaks about her family background, parents origins, being of Scottish and English backgrounds; her father's travels throughout New South Wales in the early part of the 1900s working as a dentist and his further training in America; her childhood memories of community life in the Nyngan Bathurst area of New South Wales (W WI - W WII period); her early education; her medical studies at the Women's College, University of New South Wales; her work at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (5 years), her promotion to being in charge of Gloucester House in her 2nd year and becoming Assistant Medical Superintendent for the last two years; her marriage to Jim, a teacher and their move to Tweed Heads; joining a general practice in Murwillumbah, N.S.W.
TAPE 2: Dr Marks speaks about her work as a general practitioner in Murwillumbah, local doctors and surgeons; how the practice worked, combining with the hospital; dairy farm operations; share farmers; family life; problems about new doctors, continuity of care lacking, medicine changing, cross border problems; insurance problems; Murwillumbah Hospital as it used to function; teaching of staff; nurses, how they were taught, establishing Murwillumbah Hospital as a training centre; comparison with Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; her views of medicine today and government policies on health, Medicare; still practicing medicine, caring for patients of long standing. TAPE 3: Dr Marks speaks about her family; the Spastic Centre; her views on current medical practices and bureaucracy; local community doctoring; early medical training; recruitment of new students and their motivation; costs of medicine and providing a service to the community.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on July 12, 2003 at Murwillumbah, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (10 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Doctors
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- Until 2031 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1961
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