What public health really is is a trust. That's why I used the term 'Betrayal of Trust' as the title of my book. It's a trust between the government and the people.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The belief that public health measures are not intended for people like us is widely held by many people like me. Public health, we assume, is for people with less - less education, less-healthy habits, less access to quality health care, less time and money.
Public trust is essential to public safety.
Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public.
People don't trust private health insurance companies for all the right reasons.
We must never take the public's trust for granted - our predecessors worked hard to earn it, and it is our responsibility to continually earn that trust.
Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness.
Anyone who believes in the essential role government can play in improving people's lives must also be the toughest critics of those who abuse the public trust.
I'm not asking the public to trust me; I'm asking the public to trust themselves.
When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.
Whatever concerns health is of real public interest.