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Acute Bronchitis
Acute Coryza
Author_Hugh E. Evans
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bronchitis
Cardiac Failure
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Chicago Daily Tribune
chronic illness in leadership
company
concealed illness impact on elections
congestive
Congestive Heart Failure
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executive health transparency
failure
Fourth Term
Health Issue
heart
Heart Failure
Hypertensive Heart Disease
insurance
life
medical ethics in politics
Medical Screening Process
metropolitan
Naval Hospital
Peritonsillar Abscess
President Pro Tempore
President's Death
presidential
Presidential Health
presidential health disclosure
Presidential Succession Act
President’s Death
Roosevelt's Death
Roosevelt's Health
roosevelts
Roosevelt’s Death
Roosevelt’s Health
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Trouser Cuff
twentieth century US politics
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Warm Springs
wartime leadership analysis
White House Physician
Yalta Conference
Product details
- ISBN 9780765608550
- Weight: 430g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Jul 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In early 1944, with the outcome of World War II by no means certain, many in the United States felt that FDR, as wartime Commander-in-Chief, was an indispensable part of prosecuting the war to a victorious conclusion. Yet although only 62, Roosevelt was mortally ill with congestive heart disease - a fact that was carefully shielded from the American public prior to the election of 1944. In a media environment where we get more details about politicians' health than we sometimes prefer, it is hard to imagine how a paper as authoriative as The New York Times could describe FDR's death as "sudden and unexpected" on its front page. Dr. Hugh Evans looks at the issue of Roosevelt's health not only from a medical ethics perspective, but also with a keen eye for the political and media considerations that led to the decision to run and not disclose the extent of Roosevelt's illness.
