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What is Lifelines : a Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health about?

**From medical expert Leana Wen, MD, __Lifelines__ 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 __Time's__ 100 Most Influential People.** "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. Leana Wen—emergency physician, former Baltimore health commissioner, CNN medical analyst, and __Washington Post__ 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. Wen also tells her own uniquely American story: an immigrant from Chin

Who reads Lifelines : a Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health?

Author

Dr. Leana Wen

Publisher

A Metropolitan Paperback, Henry Holt and Company

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781250839350

Category

medicine

Subjects

Social Science, Medical, Memoir

Rating

4.7 / 5 (298 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14