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Disability in US Presidents Report: Recommendations and Commentaries by the Working Group

Disability in US Presidents Report: Recommendations and Commentaries by the Working Group Abstract If the president of the United States must decide within minutes how to respond to a dire emergency, its citizens expect him or her to be mentally competent and to act wisely. Because the presidency of the United States is now the world's most powerful office, should its incumbent become even temporarily unable to exercise good judgment, the consequences for the world could be unimaginably far-reaching. References 1. Eisenhower DD. Waging Peace: The White House Years . New York, NY: Doubleday & Co Inc; 1965:227. 2. Special Message to Congress. 89th Cong, 1st Sess (1965) (speech of Lyndon Baines Johnson, president). 3. Report of the Miller Center Commission on Presidential Disability and the Twenty-fifth Amendment . Charlottesville, Va: White Burkett Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia and University Press of America; 1988:23. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Neurology American Medical Association

Disability in US Presidents Report: Recommendations and Commentaries by the Working Group

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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1997 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0003-9942
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1538-3687
DOI
10.1001/archneur.1997.00550220058015
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Abstract

Abstract If the president of the United States must decide within minutes how to respond to a dire emergency, its citizens expect him or her to be mentally competent and to act wisely. Because the presidency of the United States is now the world's most powerful office, should its incumbent become even temporarily unable to exercise good judgment, the consequences for the world could be unimaginably far-reaching. References 1. Eisenhower DD. Waging Peace: The White House Years . New York, NY: Doubleday & Co Inc; 1965:227. 2. Special Message to Congress. 89th Cong, 1st Sess (1965) (speech of Lyndon Baines Johnson, president). 3. Report of the Miller Center Commission on Presidential Disability and the Twenty-fifth Amendment . Charlottesville, Va: White Burkett Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia and University Press of America; 1988:23.

Journal

Archives of Neurology – American Medical Association

Published: Oct 1, 1997

References

  • Waging Peace: The White House Years
    Eisenhower DD
  • Report of the Miller Center Commission on Presidential Disability and the Twenty-fifth Amendment