Commencement Address Presented at Colby College, Waterville, Maine

Commencement Address Presented at Colby College, Waterville, Maine

Contributor(s):
Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013
Publication:
Produced: 29 May 1988
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Health Care Costs
Ethics, Medical
Health Behavior
Spouses
Women's Rights
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Speeches
Abstract:
In a cycle of six commencement addresses delivered the year before he left office, of which this speech is the first, Koop sought to define his ethical legacy for a new generation of physicians who were entering the medical profession at a time of rising health care costs, managed health care, increasing disparities in access to health care, and AIDS. The physician's relationship with his or her patients and their families, a relationship that Koop himself had learned to cultivate during his thirty-five-year career as a pediatric surgeon, remained for him the key to the success or failure of modern medicine in improving people's health and longevity.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
19 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584930X116 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
QQBBHR
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X116
Archival Collection:
The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)