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Dec 1, 1980 · C. Everett Koop. 4.45. 11 ratings4 reviews. This book carries an urgent message to Americans on the controversial issues of abortion and euthanasia. These are emotional issues. In "The Right to Live; The Right to Die," Dr. C. Everett Koop, who was one of the United States’ most prominent surgeons, examines current attitudes and trends from ...
Feb 27, 2013 · Dr. Koop will be remembered as a powerful voice for public health who worked to shatter the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS and helped to catalyze the Federal government’s—and, indeed, the nation’s—response to this ongoing epidemic. Read more about Dr. Koop at: the Office of Surgeon General’s website. the NIH National Library of ...
Throughout the book, it seemed like every time he wanted to put out a report on one of his 4 major platforms (AIDS, anti-smoking, abortion, or treatment of ill babies), others in the government opposed and rewrote it until the message was not necessarily what Koop wanted to say.
Feb 28, 2013 · Feb 28, 2013, 7:45am. Martha Kempner. During his tenure as Surgeon General, Koop was not political. He was not ideological. And he was not quiet (like many of his predecessors had been). He saw his position as a platform to speak to the public, and he used it, surprising both the right and the left along the way. C. Everett Koop.
Feb 25, 2013 · February 25, 2013 / 5:34 PM EST / CBS/AP. C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing ...
Wiley W. Souba, MD, Former Dean of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. C. Everett “Chick” Koop was born in Brooklyn, NY, on October 14, 1916. He was an only child, and grew up surrounded by close-knit extended family. He expressed interest in medicine at an early age, and as a teenager he would sneak into the viewing gallery in the ...
Mar 4, 2013 · His 6'1" stature, gray mustache-less beard, booming voice, the gold-braid and epaulettes of his vice admiral's uniform gave C. Everett Koop the appearance of an Old Testament prophet.
