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)