The C. Everett Koop Papers

Title:: [C. Everett Koop and Assistant U.S. Surgeon General Faye Abdellah (in uniform) at an event celebrating the International Year of Disabled Persons]

Description:: Raising awareness of and removing obstacles faced by persons with disabilities in securing education, employment, and health care, the goal of the World Health Organization when it declared 1981 the first International Year of Disabled Persons, was also a longstanding concern of Koop that arose from his career as a pediatric surgeon.
Number of Image Pages:: 1 (310,630 Bytes)
Date:: 1981
Creator:: Unknown
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Exhibit Category:: Congenital Birth Defects and the Medical Rights of Children: The "Baby Doe" Controversy
Folder Number:: Scrapbook #101
Unique Identifier:: QQBBYF
Document Type:: Photographic prints
Format:: image/jpeg; image/tif
Physical Condition:: Good
Metadata Last Modified Date:: 2004-11-02