A Model of Prevention: Life Lessons - Softcover

Hamburg, David A., MD

 
9781612059266: A Model of Prevention: Life Lessons
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1612059260 ISBN 13: 9781612059266
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

An autobiography of a ground-breaking medical doctor. Dr. David A. Hamburg started as a medical student with interest in stress disorders, paying special attention to the propensity toward violence, including the evolution of human aggression. This lead him on a path to becoming one of the most highly celebrated doctors in America - he was a member of President Clinton's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (the highest civilian award of the United States). Most recently, he chaired committees at the United Nations and European Union on the prevention of genocide. This book will be inspirational for emerging scientists today.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David A. Hamburg, M.D.

, is DeWitt Wallace Distinguished Scholar at Weill Cornell Medical College. He was President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1982 to 1997. He has been Professor at Stanford University and Harvard University, President of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, and President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Among his many publications are Today's Children (1992), No More Killing Fields (2002), and Learning to Live Together

(2004). Dr. Hamburg was a member of President Clinton's Defense Policy Board and the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology. He was the founder of the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government. He cochaired with former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict. He is currently chairing two distinguished parallel committees at the United Nations and European Union on the prevention of genocide, reporting to Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon, and Javier Solana. Dr. Hamburg's many honors include the National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal (its highest award) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (the highest civilian award of the United States).

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Verlag
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1612059260
ISBN 13 
9781612059266
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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