Surgeon General's warning : how politics crippled the nation's doctor / / Mike Stobbe

• Autore: Stobbe Mike <1966->
• Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (394 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.69/50973
• Soggetto topico: Physicians - United States; Public health administration - United States
• Soggetto non controllato: aids; american government; american politics; cdc; centers for disease control and prevention; department of health and human services; doctors; federal government; government and governing; leadership; masturbation; national well being; physicians; politics; public health policy; public health programs; public health service; smoking; surgeon general of the united states; surgeon general; united states of america; us public health service commissioned corps
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Monarch of Public Health -- 2. Coming to Power -- 3. War and Prominence -- 4. The Best Seller -- 5. The Quicksand Bureaucracy -- 6. "They Are Giving the Public Health Service Away!" -- 7. Bossed Around -- 8. Resurrection -- 9. Drawn as Villains -- 10. "You're on Your Own" -- 11. MIA -- 12. "America's Doctor" -- 13. The Surgeon General's Demise -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: What 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Surgeon General's warning
• ISBN: 0-520-95839-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790942703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II