Toward a Philosophy of Aging for Public Health: Presented as the Luther Terry Lecture at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Commissioned Officers Association of the USPHS [United States Public Health Service], Orlando, Florida

Title:
Toward a Philosophy of Aging for Public Health: Presented as the Luther Terry Lecture at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Commissioned Officers Association of the USPHS [United States Public Health Service], Orlando, Florida
Creator:
Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013
Date:
20 October 1982
Description:
As life-expectancy in the United States increased while the birth rate decreased, Koop sought to make the aging of the American population and the provision of health services to the elderly a major concern of public health officials, both to anticipate the mounting cost of caring for an aging population and to change notions of the elderly as feeble, passive, and unproductive.
Location:
Box: 103. Folder: 77
Rights:
Public Domain
Genre:
Speeches
Subject:
Social Security, Public Health, Aging, Religion and Medicine, Retirement, and Aged
Format:
Text
Extent:
20 pages
Relation:
Toward a Philosophy of Aging for Public Health: Presented as the Luther Terry Lecture at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Commissioned Officers Association of the USPHS [United States Public Health Service], Orlando, Florida [Reminiscence], 2003
Letter from Luther L. Terry to C. Everett Koop, 1982
Language:
English
Legacy ID:
QQBBBZ
NLM ID:
101584930X20
Profiles Collection:
The C. Everett Koop Papers
Shareable Link:
https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X20
Story Section:
Reproduction and Family Health