Address Presented to the Workshop on Geriatric Drug Use of the Drug Information Association, Washington, DC

Address Presented to the Workshop on Geriatric Drug Use of the Drug Information Association, Washington, DC

Contributor(s):
Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013
Publication:
Produced: 27 February 1984
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Geriatrics
Health Services for the Aged
Attitude to Health
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Speeches
Abstract:
This speech was presented to forecast the health care challenges and costs created by an aging baby-boom population and its susceptibility to incontinence, osteoporosis, and other conditions of advancing age. Koop also emphasized that the degree of health or impairment experienced by Americans in their old age was directly related to the quality of health care--such as immunizations--they had received over the course of their lives, as well as to personal decisions they had made with regard to smoking, nutrition, and exercise.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
19 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584930X58 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
QQBBDW
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X58
Archival Collection:
The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)