Title
Surgeon General's warning [electronic resource] : how politics crippled the nation's doctor / Mike Stobbe.
ISBN
9780520272293
9780520958395 electronic book
Published
Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2014.
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (plates, 394 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
R152 .S76 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
610.69/50973
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Stobbe, Mike, 1966- Surgeon General's warning. Oakland, California : University of California Press, c2014 9780520272293
The monarch of public health
Rise, 1871-1948.
Coming to power
War and prominence
The best seller
Decline, 1949-1980.
The quicksand bureaucracy
"They are giving the public health service away!"
Bossed around
Struggle, 1981-2001.
Resurrection
Drawn as villains
"You're on your own"
Plummet, 2002-present.
MIA
"America's doctor"
The Surgeon General's demise.