Bettering the health of the people

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"W. Reece Berryhill, MD (1900-1979), was the founding dean of the MD-granting medical school and of today's medical school-hospitals complex at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His life story is inseparably linked with the story of the remarkable transformation in daily life, medical education, and health care in North Carolina during the twentieth century." "This story is a celebration of how in the 1940s and 1950s the state and its university mobilized its citizens and resources in a Good Health Movement to address the crucial need for "More Doctors" "More Hospitals" and "More Insurance." At the center of this story is the essential role played by Berryhill and many other public-spirited individuals who were committed to bettering the health of all the state's citizens. Finally, and most importantly, this story challenges citizens and leaders in the early twenty-first century to address the still unfinished business of the Good Health Movement - "More Insurance." The mid-century call for more doctors and hospitals was and is being addressed, but universal access to quality health care for all citizens regardless of their ability to pay has not yet been achieved. The situation is worsening almost daily and urgently requires attention. The story of the North Carolina Good Health Movement can serve as a model and an inspiration for addressing this critical societal need."--BOOK JACKET.