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Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala and Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders discussed the effects of President Bill Clinton’s health care reform legislation on nursing education an…

Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders talked about violence in the U.S., particularly in urban areas, and its toll in the large numbers of young black males killed or permanently disabled. She adv…

Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders testified before the House Government Operations Subcommittee about the public health consequences of violence in the U.S. She said the criminal justice syste…

Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders spoke to attendees at the 25th annual state Medicaid Directors two-day conference. She discussed President Clinton’s health care reform proposal and the impli…

Surgeon General,Dr. Joycelyn Elders, spoke to the conference about her ideas to improve the health of women and children through the Department of Health and Human Services. Her remarks cent…

The committee heard testimony from members of Congress and Dr. Joycelyn Elders in her confirmation hearing for the position of Surgeon General. Questions raised in the hearing included Dr. E…

The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee heard testimony from members of Congress and Dr. Joycelyn Elders in her confirmation hearing for the position of Surgeon General. Dr. Elders' n…

Dr. Jocelyn Elders, U.S. Surgeon General-designate, spoke to a meeting of health care providers on reforms to the nation’s health care system, specifically initiatives providing managed care…