04124cam a2200565 4500 574024676 TxAuBib 20220507120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250807793 1250807794 fa91cf18-6aa1-4674-8649-6461645fa788 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5715428 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wen, Dr. Leana. Lifelines [OverDrive] : A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health. Macmillan Audio, 2021. books on tape. Science Writing. baltimore. audiobooks. Hospitals. immigrants. Immigration. audio books. physicians. health and fitness. opioids. illness. Medicine. public policy. Doctors. Diseases. medical field. healthcare industry. public health issues. healthcare politics. Covid 19. doctors books. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 319MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 319MB. Biography & Autobiography. Medical. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><i>"Dr. Wen is determined to convince listeners how crucial it is to make healthcare and all it encompasses higher priorities. Covering a variety of physical and mental health topics, Wen entreats listeners and supports her plea with solid evidence. She is vibrant in tone when pointing out how much public health affects our lives.</i>" — <i><b>Audiofile Magazine</b></i><br /> <b><br /> This program is read by the author.<br /></b><b>From medical expert Leana Wen, MD, <i>Lifelines</i> 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 <i>Time's</i> 100 Most Influential People.</b><br /> "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.<br /> Leana Wen—emergency physician, former Baltimore health commissioner, CNN medical analyst, and <i>Washington Post</i> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> Ultimately, she insists, it is public health that ensures citizens are not robbed of decades of life, and that <i>where</i> children live does not determine <i>whether</i> they live.<br /> <b>A Macmillan Audio production from Metropolitan Books</b></p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-05 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fa91cf18-6aa1-4674-8649-6461645fa788&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fa91cf18-6aa1-4674-8649-6461645fa788&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)