LEADER 04103nam 2200865 450 001 9910790942703321 005 20230803221154.0 010 $a0-520-95839-X 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520958395 035 $a(CKB)2550000001256667 035 $a(EBL)1664638 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001180233 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12534026 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001180233 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11185411 035 $a(PQKB)10645202 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1664638 035 $a(DE-B1597)518906 035 $a(OCoLC)876852613 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520958395 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1664638 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10858242 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL588390 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001256667 100 $a20140426h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSurgeon General's warning $ehow politics crippled the nation's doctor /$fMike Stobbe 210 1$aOakland, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (394 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-27229-3 311 0 $a1-306-57139-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. The Monarch of Public Health --$t2. Coming to Power --$t3. War and Prominence --$t4. The Best Seller --$t5. The Quicksand Bureaucracy --$t6. "They Are Giving the Public Health Service Away!" --$t7. Bossed Around --$t8. Resurrection --$t9. Drawn as Villains --$t10. "You're on Your Own" --$t11. MIA --$t12. "America's Doctor" --$t13. The Surgeon General's Demise --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aWhat does it mean to be the nation's doctor? In this engaging narrative, journalist Mike Stobbe examines the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, emphasizing that it has always been unique within the federal government in its ability to influence public health. But now, in their efforts to provide leadership in public health policy, surgeons general compete with other high-profile figures such as the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Furthermore, in an era of declining budgets, when public health departments have eliminated tens of thousands of jobs, some argue that a lower-profile and ineffective surgeon general is a waste of money. By tracing stories of how surgeons general like Luther Terry, C. Everett Koop, and Joycelyn Elders created policies and confronted controversy in response to issues like smoking, AIDS, and masturbation, Stobbe highlights how this office is key to shaping the nation's health and explains why its decline is harming our national well-being. 606 $aPhysicians$zUnited States 606 $aPublic health administration$zUnited States 610 $aaids. 610 $aamerican government. 610 $aamerican politics. 610 $acdc. 610 $acenters for disease control and prevention. 610 $adepartment of health and human services. 610 $adoctors. 610 $afederal government. 610 $agovernment and governing. 610 $aleadership. 610 $amasturbation. 610 $anational well being. 610 $aphysicians. 610 $apolitics. 610 $apublic health policy. 610 $apublic health programs. 610 $apublic health service. 610 $asmoking. 610 $asurgeon general of the united states. 610 $asurgeon general. 610 $aunited states of america. 610 $aus public health service commissioned corps. 615 0$aPhysicians 615 0$aPublic health administration 676 $a610.69/50973 700 $aStobbe$b Mike$f1966-$01525407 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790942703321 996 $aSurgeon General's warning$93766774 997 $aUNINA