C. Everett Koop

出生 : 1916-10-14, Brooklyn, New York, USA

死亡 : 2013-02-25

略歴

Charles Everett Koop was an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator. He was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and served as the 13th Surgeon General of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989.

参加作品

Baby Parts for Sale
Himself
Join Marlin Maddoux, host of the nationally syndicated radio news talk program Point of View, for an investigation into the multi-million dollar a year baby parts trafficking industry, which is one of the most lucrative businesses in operation today. Yet most Americans are unaware of its existence. Many have heard about the controversy surrounding fetal tissue research but have no idea how the tissue is obtained. Today, some are claiming that cures for a number of devastating diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes and AIDS, are just around the cornerand that fetal tissue is desperately needed for research. But is it really?
エクソシスト3
Everett Koop
1990年、ジョージタウンで黒人の少年と2人の神父が殺されるという連続猟奇殺人事件が発生する。犠牲者の首を切りキリスト像とすげ替えるという犯行の手口は15年前に犯人が処刑された“乙女座殺人事件”と同じだった。捜査に当たったキンダーマン警部は、殺された神父達はどちらも15年前に起こった“エクソシズム(悪魔払い)”事件に関係があったという共通点を発見する。
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Self - Surgeon General (archive footage)
On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving families and friends of people who have died of AIDS prepare panels to be added to a large-scale memorial quilt project. Drawing from the sea of names memorialized, director Robert Epstein focuses on the lives of six people. Alongside the intimate profiles offered, through news footage and interviews, Epstein puts the AIDS crisis in the larger context of social and government response to the disease.