DOE Openness: Human Radiation Experiments: Roadmap to the Project Record Series Descriptions |
Records Series Descriptions
Brookhaven National Laboratory
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Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) SERIES TITLE Patient Medical Records INCLUSIVE DATES 1949 1994 ARRANGEMENT Numeric VOLUME approximately 370 cubic feet DESCRIPTION Each patient treated at the Medical Research Center has a file containing medical records; there are about 13,000 individual files. The Medical Center treated a variety of cancers; mostly they specialized in brain tumors and thyroid carcinoma. The files contain personal information on the patient, the treating physician's notes, laboratory records, consent forms, medical follow-up notes, a list of the types of radiation the person was exposed to, hospital authorization forms, autopsy records, order forms, medication forms, photographs, charts, and graphs. Most files also contain a correspondence section that contains copies of letters between the medical staff and the patient, or, in the case of children, the patient's parents. RESTRICTIONS This series contains privacy material. LOCATION OF RECORDS Brookhaven National Laboratory Clinical Research Center Building 490 Upton, NY 11973 |