Well

by Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH

  • Oxford University Press
  • 2019
  • ISBN: 978-0190916831
  • 274 pages
  • WorldCat
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About the Book

A radical argument for how health has little to do with medicine - and how America gets it wrong and offering an explanation for why people in the U.S., despite spending more on health than any other country, remain less healthy and live shorter lives than people in other rich nations. The book considers how the fabric of the U.S. - its history, wealth, politics, and power - contributes to shorter, less healthy lives relevant to current conversations around healthcare reform, environmental deregulation, the implications of tax reform, welfare and entitlement programs, and immigration. ebook icon Audio book icon

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Reading icon image'Well' Explores the Social and Political Underpinnings of Health by Stephanie O'Neill. NPR: Shots. June 4, 2019
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About the Author

Sandro Galea is Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor at the Boston University School of Public Health. He has been named an "epidemiology innovator" by Time and one of the "World's Most Influential Scientific Minds" by Thomson Reuters. A native of Malta, he has served as a field physician for Doctors Without Borders and held academic positions at Columbia University, the University of Michigan, and the New York Academy of Medicine. At the time of his current appointment, he was the youngest dean of a school of public health in the United States.

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