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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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4343.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 6:30 PM-8:00 PM | |||
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| Ruth Roemer was a pioneer in public health law who led efforts to reduce tobacco use and expand women’s reproductive rights. She was co-editor of the world’s first public health treaty—the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control—which has been signed by 168 countries and entered into force in 2003. Professor Roemer taught at the UCLA School of Public Health for more than 40 years and was the 1988 President of APHA. George Silver was one of the pillars of “social medicine” in the United States from his 15-years work as Director of the Division of Social Medicine at Montefiore Hospital to his service starting in 1965 as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, where he was one of the architects of Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. In 1969, he was named Professor of Public Health at Yale’s School of Public Health, where he was known as an outstanding teacher. The Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the History of Public Health will be presented to Sydney Halpern, PhD, for her book – Lesser Harms: The Morality of Risk in Medical Research. | |||
| Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: Understand the importance of “social medicine” and public health law; Appreciate the role of Dr. George Silver in shaping “social medicine” in the US; Appreciate the role of Professor Ruth Roemer in the development of public health law; Understand the role of medical care in public health. | |||
| Amy Fairchild Oliver Fein, MD Victor W. Sidel, MD | |||
| Amy Fairchild Oliver Fein, MD Victor W. Sidel, MD | |||
| Presentation of the Viseltear Award to Sydney Halpern, PhD Amy Fairchild | |||
| An Evening in Celebration of the Life of George Silver, MD Victor W. Sidel, MD, Oliver Fein, MD | |||
| An Evening in Celebration of the Life of Professor Ruth Roemer Victor W. Sidel, MD, Oliver Fein, MD | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Medical Care | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA