Koop: The Memoirs of America's Family Doctor

by C. Everett Koop

Book Overview

The most outspoken & effective Surgeon General in our nation's history writes about the great health issues of our time & his own remarkable life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394576268
• ISBN13: 9780394576268
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.5" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Yes

For anyone who is a physician, this is a wonderful book with great anecdotes. I gave a copy to my daughter, who's in med school.

Anything but boring

C. Everett Koop is a man of strong opinions and firm actions, yet who places high value in attempting to be fair in his judgments. This book of memoirs tells the story of a courageous and admirable man's career, focusing most of the text on his eight years as surgeon general. I found the book very easy to read, not tedious or pedantic, and I give it a rating of 9 instead of a 10 because I wish he would have devoted a little more space to his career in pediatric surgery (which lasted 35 years). It's good reading.