Commencement Address Presented at Colby College, Waterville, Maine
Description:
In a cycle of six commencement addresses delivered the year before he left office, of which this speech is the first, Koop sought to define his ethical legacy for a new generation of physicians who were entering the medical profession at a time of rising health care costs, managed health care, increasing disparities in access to health care, and AIDS. The physician's relationship with his or her patients and their families, a relationship that Koop himself had learned to cultivate during his thirty-five-year career as a pediatric surgeon, remained for him the key to the success or failure of modern medicine in improving people's health and longevity.
Number of Image Pages:
19 (852,866 Bytes)
Date:
1988-05-29 (May 29, 1988)
Creator:
Koop, C. Everett
Rights:
This item is in the public domain. It may be used without permission.
