Pained: Uncomfortable Conversations about the Public's Health

by Michael Stein and Sandro Galea

Book Overview

A POLITICAL PROVOCATION FROM A PAIR OF PHYSICIANS WRITING OUTSIDE THEIR LANE

Americans care about their health. Americans pay lots of money in hopes of maintaining their health. So why are Americans so unhealthy?

The reason is simple: as a country, the United States overinvests in medical care at the expense of the social, economic, and cultural forces that produce health. The rise of medicine as a cornerstone of American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197510388
• ISBN13: 9780197510384
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.1"