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PUBLIC HEALTH SAVED YOUR LIFE TODAY: A Doctor's Journey on the Frontlines of Medicine and Social Justice
Delivered with gripping storytelling and unmatched authority, PUBLIC HEALTH SAVED YOUR LIFE TODAY offers an uplifting memoir, a window on to the inner workings of public health, and a galvanizing call to understand health for all as a fundamental human right.
From the frontlines of public health crises, Leana Wen - emergency doctor, health commissioner for Baltimore and former president of Planned Parenthood - has led the fight against the opioid epidemic, outbreaks of infectious disease, infant mortality, and Covid-19 disinformation. Here in vivid detail, drawing on her deep experience, Wen unveils the invisible hand of public health, showing how it uniquely encompasses science, advocacy, medicine, and politics; how innovative programs can treat gun violence as a contagious disease and racism as a health issue; how public health plays a key role in protecting the vulnerable and keeping streets safe.
Leana Wen's own story is a uniquely American one, of a child refugee from China whose parents relied on food stamps and were at times homeless. That child went on to attend college at thirteen, graduate from medical school, and turn to public health as the way to make a difference in the country that had offered her such vast possibilities.
Dr. Leana Wen is an Attending Physician and Director of Patient-Centered Care Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University. Inspired by her own childhood illness and then her mother's long battle with cancer, Dr. Wen is passionate about guiding patients to advocate for better care. A former Rhodes Scholar and Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School, she has published dozens of articles on patient-doctor communication. She speaks around the world on patient empowerment and healthcare reform.
*TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People, 2019
*Modern Healthcare's 50 Most Influential Physician Executives
*A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader
*Governing's Public Official of the Year
Leana Wen's own story is a uniquely American one, of a child refugee from China whose parents relied on food stamps and were at times homeless. That child went on to attend college at thirteen, graduate from medical school, and turn to public health as the way to make a difference in the country that had offered her such vast possibilities.
Dr. Leana Wen is an Attending Physician and Director of Patient-Centered Care Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University. Inspired by her own childhood illness and then her mother's long battle with cancer, Dr. Wen is passionate about guiding patients to advocate for better care. A former Rhodes Scholar and Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School, she has published dozens of articles on patient-doctor communication. She speaks around the world on patient empowerment and healthcare reform.
*TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People, 2019
*Modern Healthcare's 50 Most Influential Physician Executives
*A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader
*Governing's Public Official of the Year
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Published 2021-06-01 by Metropolitan Books |