Title:

Address Presented to the Workshop on Geriatric Drug Use of the Drug Information Association, Washington, DC

Creator:

Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013

Date:

27 February 1984

Description:

This speech was presented to forecast the health care challenges and costs created by an aging baby-boom population and its susceptibility to incontinence, osteoporosis, and other conditions of advancing age. Koop also emphasized that the degree of health or impairment experienced by Americans in their old age was directly related to the quality of health care--such as immunizations--they had received over the course of their lives, as well as to personal decisions they had made with regard to smoking, nutrition, and exercise.

Location:

Box: 104. Folder: 16

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Speeches

Subject:

Geriatrics, Health Services for the Aged, and Attitude to Health

Format:

Text

Extent:

19 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

QQBBDW

NLM ID:

101584930X58

Profiles Collection:

The C. Everett Koop Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X58

Story Section:

Reproduction and Family Health