Title:

AIDS and American Values: Presented to the World Affairs Council, Los Angeles, California

Creator:

Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013

Date:

21 September 1987

Description:

While in his early speeches on AIDS Koop focused on educating the American people about the nature of AIDS and on ways to protect themselves from infection--the most immediate goal of any public health official--in later speeches he increasingly explored the social, economic, and legal ramifications of the disease. The effect of AIDS on health insurance, employment, education, and housing became more pronounced and more troubling as growing scientific understanding of the disease and the development of the first anti-retroviral drugs in the late 1980s helped AIDS carriers live longer. Koop pleaded with Americans not to discriminate against AIDS patients out of fear of the disease, and instead appealed to their sense of fairness and empathy in helping carriers to adjust to life with AIDS.

Location:

Box: 106. Folder: 21

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Speeches

Subject:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Global Health, Health Care Costs, Communicable Disease Control, Refusal to Treat, and Developing Countries

Format:

Text

Extent:

29 pages

Relation:

AIDS and American Values: Presented to the World Affairs Council, Los Angeles, California [Reminiscence], 2003

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

QQBBGR

NLM ID:

101584930X96

Profiles Collection:

The C. Everett Koop Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X96

Story Section:

AIDS, the Surgeon General, and the Politics of Public Health