Title:

Warning: The Surgeon General May Be Good for Your Health

Creator:

Glastris, Paul

Date:

March 1987

Description:

Another example of the several feature-length portraits of the Surgeon General that appeared in the press during the 1980s in response to the outspoken position that Koop took on a number of controversial issues, above all AIDS. In this sympathetic portrait of a man who remained true to his principles even under political pressure, the author explained why Koop's stance on AIDS alienated erstwhile conservative allies while gaining him new supporters among liberals, and why Koop insisted that this shift in political support result from the fact that both conservatives and liberals had misunderstood his approach to public health policy, which was based on science, not on moral judgment.

Periodical:

Washington Monthly

Publisher:

Washington Monthly Company

Location:

Box: 1. Folder: 2

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Paul Glastris.

Genre:

Articles

Subject:

Public Health

Format:

Text

Extent:

6 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. Glastris, Paul. "Warning: The Surgeon General May Be Good for Your Health." Washington Monthly, (March 1987): 13-19. Article. 6 Images.. Washington Monthly

Legacy ID:

QQBBDC

NLM ID:

101584930X43

Profiles Collection:

The C. Everett Koop Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X43

Story Section:

Biographical Information