{"product_id":"lifelines-a-doctors-journey-in-the-fight-for-public-health-paperback","title":"Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeana Wen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom medical expert Leana Wen, MD, \u003ci\u003eLifelines\u003c\/i\u003e is an insider's account of public health and its crucial role--from opioid addiction to global pandemic--and an inspiring story of her journey from struggling immigrant to being one of \u003ci\u003eTime's\u003c\/i\u003e 100 Most Influential People.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Public health saved your life today--you just don't know it,\" is a phrase that Dr. Leana Wen likes to use. You don't know it because good public health is invisible. It becomes visible only in its absence, when it is underfunded and ignored, a bitter truth laid bare as never before by the devastation of COVID-19. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeana Wen--emergency physician, former Baltimore health commissioner, CNN medical analyst, and \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e contributing columnist--has lived on the front lines of public health, leading the fight against the opioid epidemic, outbreaks of infectious disease, maternal and infant mortality, and COVID-19 disinformation. Here, in gripping detail, Wen lays bare the lifesaving work of public health and its innovative approach to social ills, treating gun violence as a contagious disease, for example, and racism as a threat to health. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWen also tells her own uniquely American story: an immigrant from China, she and her family received food stamps and were at times homeless despite her parents working multiple jobs. That child went on to attend college at thirteen, become a Rhodes scholar, and turn to public health as the way to make a difference in the country that had offered her such possibilities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUltimately, she insists, it is public health that ensures citizens are not robbed of decades of life, and that \u003ci\u003ewhere\u003c\/i\u003e children live does not determine \u003ci\u003ewhether\u003c\/i\u003e they live.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Leana Wen \u003c\/b\u003eis an emergency physician, public health professor at George Washington University, and nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. She is also a contributing columnist for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and a CNN medical analyst. Previously, she served as Baltimore's health commissioner, where she led the nation's oldest continuously operating public health department. She is the author of the patient advocacy book, \u003ci\u003eWhen Doctors Don't Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests\u003c\/i\u003e. Dr. Wen lives with her husband and their two young children in Baltimore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.6 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52240027648274,"sku":"9781250839350","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/ckREOXg0OTJxMzJ3Mzg5MnNUakY1UT09.webp?v=1777890828","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/lifelines-a-doctors-journey-in-the-fight-for-public-health-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}