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Dr. Leana Wen is an attending physician and director of Patient-Centered Care Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University. A former Rhodes Scholar and clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School, she has published over a hundred articles and given two TED talks on mostrar más patient empowerment and healthcare reform. Dr. Josh Kosowsky is assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the clinical director of the Brigham Women's Emergency Medicine Department. He is the author of over two dozen articles and textbook chapters and is coeditor of Pocket Emergency Medicine. mostrar menos

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This was an excellent book showcasing the importance of public health. It's amazing how many different things can be viewed as a public health issue. Dr. Wen has made great strides in furthering public health throughout her career and continues to do so.
 
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UrbanAudreyE | 10 reseñas más. | Feb 6, 2024 |
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This eminently readable memoir (actually, probably an autobiography) chronicles the first 35+ years of Dr. Wen’s life -- her early childhood in crowded Shanghai; the abject poverty of her growing-up years as an immigrant to the US; and then her successes and setbacks (none of which I'd characterize as failures) in medical school and research, patient care, public-health policy, president of Planned Parenthood, and TV commentary amid Covid. I stand in awe of her perseverance and positivity.… (más)
 
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DetailMuse | 10 reseñas más. | Nov 23, 2022 |
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In this book--a mix of memoir, autobiography, and public health--Wen describes her journey to the field of public health. From immigrant on a visa to the daughter of a man who wins asylum, through school, college, med school, and then pubic health. With ER clinical experience, she becomes the Baltimore health commissioner, then the director of Planned Parenthood, and then a CNN medical analyst. She also discusses the difficulties of starting a family and

I very much enjoyed the early chapters (through her childhood and schooling). The Baltimore section dragged a bit for me, as it turned into "and then we....and then I...". The Planned Parenthood section was quite interesting, as she explains why she was not a good fit and how complicated their internal organization is. When she gets to COVID and being a TV analyst, it picked up again.

I think this book would be especially interesting to anyone considering the field of public health, or those truly fascinated by the field itself. (As opposed to someone like me, who is generally interested in just about anything.)
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Dreesie | 10 reseñas más. | Jun 6, 2022 |
Dr. Wen has a distinct family history which contributes to her passion for public health. She tells her story well and puts her experience in context as she relates the public health crises of the past few decades.
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