Title:

Stanford Medical School Graduation Speech

Creator:

Varmus, Harold
National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Office of the Director

Date:

15 June 1997

Description:

In this address (which Varmus later shared with Senator Tom Harkin during discussions regarding expansion of the Office of Alternative Medicine) Varmus wondered aloud at public perceptions of medical science as overly technologized, unresponsive to "softer" human needs, rejecting of basic preventive measures such as diet and exercise, avoiding tobacco, etc. He also wondered at the perception that there are "two cultures" in health care, and considered what physicians might do to close the gap.

Location:

Box: 6. Folder: 19

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Speeches

Format:

Text

Extent:

8 pages

Relation:

Letter from Harold Varmus to Senator Tom Harkin, 1997

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

MVBBXX

NLM ID:

101584926X385

Profiles Collection:

The Harold Varmus Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584926X385

Story Section:

Basic Science and Congressional Politics: NIH Director, 1993-1999