SPIEGEL, Allen D(avid)

SPIEGEL, Allen D(avid). American, b. 1927. Genres: Medicine/Health. Career: National Food Distributors Inc., NYC, sales promotion asst, 1947- 50; teacher at public schools in Baltimore, MD, 1950-51; NYC Health Dept, public health consultant, 1951-55, chief of radio and television unit, 1959- 61; Committee to Protect Our Children's Teeth Inc., NYC, research director, 1955-59; Medical Foundation Inc., Boston, MA, health education associate, 1961-66; American Hospital Association, Chicago, IL, visiting faculty member, 1966-72; State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, NYC, professor of preventive medicine and community health, 1969-; Brooklyn College, CUNY, adjunct professor, 1971-; St. Francis College, NYC, adjunct professor, 1974-76; Aspen Systems Corp., Rockville, MD, member of seminar faculty, 1975-76. Author of radio and television scripts for NYC Health Department, 1960-61. Publications: (with B. Backhaut) Factors Affecting the Quality of Health Care, 1977; Factors Affecting the Acceptability of Health Care, 1978; (with H. Hyman) Basic Health Planning Methods, 1978; (with B. Backhaut) Curing and Caring, 1980; (with F. Kavaler) Cost Containment and DRGs, 1986; Home Health Care, 1983, 2nd ed., 1987; Instructor's Manual for Home Health Care, 1987; (with Hyman) Strategic Health Planning, 1991; (with Kavaler) Risk Management for Health Care Institutions, 1997, rev. ed., 2003; A. Lincoln, Esquire: A Shrewd Sophisticated Litigator in His Time, 2001. EDITOR: (with A. Bindman) Regional Conference on In-Service Training Programs for Mental Health, 1964; The Mental Health Role of Settlement and Community Centers, 1964; Mental Health for Massachusetts, 1965; Massachusetts Plans for Its Retarded, 1967; Helping All the Handicapped, 1969; (with Bindman) Perspectives in Community Mental Health, 1969; (with S. Podair) Medicaid: Lessons for National Health Insurance, 1975; The Medicaid Experience, 1979; (with D. Rubin and S. Frost, and contrib.) Medical Technology, Health Care, and the Consumer, 1980; (with Podair) Rehabilitating People with Disabilities into the Mainstream of Society, 1981. Contributor to anthologies, periodicals, and professional journals. Address: College of Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Box 43, 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203-2012, U.S.A.