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Dr Koop: The Many Lives of the Surgeon General
In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr Nigel Cameron chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Dr Koop: The Many Lives of the Surgeon General.
Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode:
Why Nigel Cameron opened the narrative with a preface portraying the octogenarian Dr C. Everett Koop.
Nigel chose the title, The Many Lives of the Surgeon General, to reflect Koop’s multidimensional roles as a paediatric surgeon, public-health crusader, policymaker and complex human being.
How Nigel translated complex scientific and medical concepts into engaging, novelistic prose.
How Nigel…
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