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Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health | Dr. Leana Wen
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From medical expert Leana Wen, MD, Lifelines is an insider's account of public health and its crucial rolefrom opioid addiction to global pandemicand an inspiring story of her journey from struggling immigrant to being one of Times 100 Most Influential People. Public health saved your life todayyou just dont know it, is a phrase that Dr. Leana Wen likes to use. You dont 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. Leana Wenemergency physician, former Baltimore health commissioner, CNN medical analyst, and Washington Post contributing columnisthas 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. Wen 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. Ultimately, she insists, it is public health that ensures citizens are not robbed of decades of life, and that where children live does not determine whether they live.
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Nebklvr
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I appreciated learning about the public health initiatives and how Dr Wen addressed barriers to care. The last part about Covid-19 was a review of the last few years.

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mollyrotondo
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wow what an excellent book about the public health system. Dr. Wen talks about the accomplishments and struggles she has faced during her career in public health. The inequalities and the new methods to try to reach people who have been lacking in health resources. Really important for us all to be aware of and to support health for ALL.

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Bookalong
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4🌟LIFELINES goes in depth on public health. I found Wen's perspectives refreshing, my favorite parts were where she shared of her early life immigrating from China as a child to America. Reading about her going into medicine and public health to make a difference was very inspiring! Although this is nonfiction it really flows like a novel. There were a few times I wish she could have revealed more but overall I enjoyed this. #bookreview