Toward a Philosophy of Aging for Public Health: Presented as the Luther Terry Lecture at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Commissioned Officers Association of the USPHS [United States Public Health Service], Orlando, Florida

Toward a Philosophy of Aging for Public Health: Presented as the Luther Terry Lecture at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Commissioned Officers Association of the USPHS [United States Public Health Service], Orlando, Florida

Contributor(s):
Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013
Publication:
Produced: 20 October 1982
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Social Security
Public Health
Aging
Religion and Medicine
Retirement
Aged
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Speeches
Abstract:
As life-expectancy in the United States increased while the birth rate decreased, Koop sought to make the aging of the American population and the provision of health services to the elderly a major concern of public health officials, both to anticipate the mounting cost of caring for an aging population and to change notions of the elderly as feeble, passive, and unproductive.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
20 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584930X20 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
QQBBBZ
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X20
Archival Collection:
The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)