Signed. A Very Good copy (gift inscription) of this large photo-illustrated hardcover history, in a Near Fine dust jacket. Mild bowing to the covers. The binding is sound and the text is clean unmarked. In addition to the non-authorial gift inscription, also briefly inscribed and signed by author McLendon.

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Title: Bettering the Health of the People: W. Reece Berryhill, the UNC School of Medicine, and the North Carolina Good Health Movement
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill NC
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0807831956
ISBN 13: 9780807831953
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

W. Reece Berryhill, M.D., (1900-1979) was the founding dean from 1941 to 1964 of the M.D.-granting medical school and today's medical school-hospitals complex at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This biography documents and personalizes the remarkable transformation in daily life, medical education, and health care in North Carolina during the twentieth century. Berryhill's life story is inseparable from the story of how the state mobilized its citizens and resources in the Good Health Movement of the 1940s and 1950s to address the deplorable health status of its citizens (its young men had the worst rejection rate for military service in World War II of any state).

While celebrating the contributions of Berryhill and many other public-spirited individuals dedicated to addressing North Carolinians' need for more doctors and more hospitals, this work is also an urgent challenge to address the still unmet need for more insurance -- that is, universal access to needed health care for all citizens, regardless of ability to pay.

About the Authors

William W. McLendon is professor emeritus of pathology and laboratory medicine.

the late Floyd W. Denny Jr. was professor and chair emeritus of pediatrics.

he late William B. Blythe was professor emeritus of medicine, all at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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