Statement before the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, Washington, DC

Statement before the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, Washington, DC

Contributor(s):
Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013
Publication:
Produced: 1 October 1981
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Child Welfare
Public Health
International Cooperation
Health Promotion
Health Care Reform
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Speeches
Abstract:
In his statement, delivered after several months of controversy over his nomination, Koop asserted that his 35-year career as pediatrician-in-chief at one of the nation's leading children's hospitals gave him the medical and administrative experience to be an effective Surgeon General, contrary to critics' contention that a surgeon devoted to the care of individual patients was not qualified to address the health needs of the nation as a whole. Koop delivered his statement before a committee chaired by his most outspoken critic in the Senate, Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
16 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584930X3 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
QQBBBD
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X3
Archival Collection:
The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)