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The Future of Philanthropic Foundations -- Contents -- Introduction -- Foundations and their fields -- Discussion -- Independence, scale and experiment: the experience of the Ciba Foundation -- Discussion -- Foundations and the State in the Federal Republic of Germany: some comments -- The special role and problems of a foundation established by the State -- Discussion -- The moral and social responsibilities of the trustees of foundations -- The role of the foundation trustee -- Discussion of the two preceding papers -- Independence and experiment : the experience of the Wellcome Trust -- Discussion -- The means to the ends of The Rockefeller Foundation -- Discussion -- On the selection of priorities for an emerging foundation of national scope -- Discussion -- International foundations and the development of higher education in developing countries -- Discussion -- International foundations and the development of health services in underprivileged areas -- Discussion -- A new task for small philanthropic foundations in helping developing countries -- Discussion -- The next twenty-five years -- Discussion -- The influence of science and technology on medicine: a forecast -- Discussion -- The future of foundations: the Jeffersonian potential -- Discussion -- Summing up -- Closing remarks -- Biographies of the participants -- Index of contributors -- Subject index.