Former Surgeons General Recount Political Pressure on the Job | Hospitals and Healthcare | Scoop.it
“In this current climate of incivility, I think it’s important that medical students see models of integrity, compassion, camaraderie and wit,” said Dr. Judith A. Salerno, the academy’s president, who invited Dr. Antonia C. Novello, Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders, Dr. David Satcher and Dr. Richard Carmona to speak.

The underlying theme was how badly the country needs independent public health leadership and how often partisan politics obstruct that.