Lifelines : a doctor's journey in the fight for public health
2022
Book
"Public health expert Leana Wen gives an insider's account of public health and its crucial role-from opioid addiction to global pandemic-- and tells an inspiring story of her journey from homeless immigrant to being named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People"-- Provided by publisher.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781250839350
- 9781250186232
Edition: First Metropolitan Paperbacks edition.
Description: xii, 334 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
- Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary.
- Includes index.
Contents:
- Chi Ku
- Belonging
- White coat, clenched fist
- Opening Pandora's box
- When doctor's don't listen
- Doctor for the city
- Saving lives today
- Treating addiction as the disease it is
- Unrest and recovery
- Putting the face on public health
- Hurt people hurt people
- Going upstream
- New beginnings
- decisions
- The courage to try
- Preventable harm
- A pandemic of misinformation
- The invisible hand of public health
- COVID-19 comes home
- Epilogue : life lessons.
LCCN: 2021002382
Control Number: 3234269
Publisher: New York : A Metropolitan Paperback, Henry Holt and Company, [2022]