Title:

Challenges to the New Physician: Commencement Address, Louisiana State University Medical School, Shreveport, Louisiana

Creator:

Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013

Date:

29 May 1982

Description:

In this example of the many commencement addresses he delivered during his two terms as U.S. Surgeon General, Koop reminded his audience of the ethical commitments of physicians, including forging a supportive relationship with patients and their parents based on informed consent; ministering to patients in a health care system driven by scientific and technological advances that created distance between physicians and patients; helping parents cope with the financial burden imposed on families by costly operations and long-term care for children with birth defects; and ensuring quality of care in a time when the role of government in regulating health care and medicine was diminishing.

Location:

Box: 103. Folder: 55

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Speeches

Subject:

Physician-Patient Relations, Ethics, Health Services Needs and Demand, Disabled Persons, Aged, and Practice Guidelines as Topic

Format:

Text

Extent:

18 pages

Relation:

Concerns Facing the PHS [Public Health Service]: Presented before the Interagency Institute for Federal Health Care Executives, Clayton, Missouri [Reminiscence], 2003

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

QQBBBM

NLM ID:

101584930X10

Profiles Collection:

The C. Everett Koop Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X10

Story Section:

Biographical Information