Acknowledgments -- Introduction: With Health, as in the Rest of Life, We Think in Terms of Me Not Us -- Part 1.Health Divided -- 1. We Are Not Sure What Public Health Is -- 2. If Public Health Work Is Preventive, It's Invisible and Becomes Visible Only During Crises -- 3. We Are Not Sure Who Public Health Is For -- 4. There Is Little Private Money to Be Made in Public Health -- 5. Public Health Frames Its Successes Incorrectly -- 6. Public Health Can Only Infrequently Perform Randomized Trials and Therefore Seems Less Rigorous -- 7. Public Health Is Thought of as Government Work, Primarily for the Sake of the Poor -- 8. Public Health Is Missing Health Care's Personal Stories -- Part 2.Health Indivisible -- References -- Index
Summary
Longtime physician and public health advocate Michael Stein reveals the true differences between public health and medicine--and how we can bridge the divide to solve our most pressing health crises
