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What does it mean to be the nation's doctor? In this engaging narrative, journalist Mike Stobbe examines the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, underlining how it has always been an anomaly within the federal government with a unique ability to influence public health. But now Surgeon Generals...

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Autor principal: Stobbe, Mike, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Public Health Service. > Office of the Surgeon General.
United States > Public Health Service. > Office of the Surgeon General
Public health administration.
Physicians.
MEDICAL > History.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
Sante publique > Administration > États-Unis.
Medecins > États-Unis.
Public health administration > United States.
Physicians > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What does it mean to be the nation's doctor? In this engaging narrative, journalist Mike Stobbe examines the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, underlining how it has always been an anomaly within the federal government with a unique ability to influence public health. But now Surgeon Generals compete with other high profile figures, like the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Furthermore, in an era of declining budgets, when public health departments eliminate tens of thousands of jobs, an invisible Surgeon General seems.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (343 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780520958395

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