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Reading this book is like sitting down with Dr. David Satcher to
hear stories of leadership and lessons learned from his lifetime
commitment to health equity. Dr. David Satcher is one of the most
widely known and well-regarded physicians of our time. A former
four-star admiral in the US Public Health Service Commissioned
Corps, he served as the assistant secretary for health, the surgeon
general of the United States, and the director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention before founding the eponymous
Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of
Medicine. At the core of his impact on public health, he is also a
lifelong leader for civil rights and health equity. Born black and
poor in the deep South, Dr. Satcher was a victim of an unjust
health care system: he almost died of whooping cough at the age of
two because Jim Crow laws meant that his black doctor could not
admit him to a hospital. That experience was the first of many that
shaped him as a leader and a healer deeply attuned to social
inequity-someone who was determined to make a positive difference.
med In My Quest for Health Equity, Dr. Satcher takes an inspiring
and instructive look inside his fifty-year career to shed light on
the challenge and burden of leadership. Explaining that he has
thought of each leadership role-whether in academia, community, or
government-as an opportunity to move the needle toward health
equity, he shares the hard-won lessons he has learned over a
lifetime in the medical field. Drawing on his early memories,
medical school days, experience in the civil rights movement, and
professional highs and lows, Dr. Satcher touches on a number of
topics, including * the essential qualities of leadership * leading
from science to policy to practice * the importance of clear
communication and continual learning * the need for workplace
discipline * confronting failure * specific health issues,
including the obesity epidemic, reproductive health, and mental
health stigma * team approaches to leadership * and much more In
this book, readers will discover a template for using leadership
roles of all types to eliminate health disparities. My Quest for
Health Equity is a vital resource for current and rising leaders.
In this groundbreaking book, health-care attorney Daniel E. Dawes
explores the secret backstory of the Affordable Care Act, shedding
light on the creation and implementation of the greatest and most
sweeping equalizer in the history of American health care. An
eye-opening and authoritative narrative written from an insider's
perspective, 150 Years of ObamaCare debunks contemporary
understandings of health reform. It also provides a comprehensive
and unprecedented review of the health equity movement and the
little-known leadership efforts that were crucial to passing public
policies and laws reforming mental health, minority health, and
universal health. An instrumental player in a large coalition of
organizations that helped shape ObamaCare, Dawes tells the story of
the Affordable Care Act with urgency and intimate detail. He
reveals what went on behind the scenes by including copies of
letters and e-mails written by the people and groups who worked to
craft and pass the law. Dawes explains the law through a health
equity lens, focusing on what it is meant to do and how it affects
various groups. Ultimately, he argues that ObamaCare is much more
comprehensive in the context of previous reform efforts than is
typically understood. In an increasingly polarized political
environment, health reform has been caught in the cross fire of the
partisan struggle, making it difficult to separate fact from
fiction. Offering unparalleled and complete insight into the
efforts by the Obama administration, Congress, and external
stakeholders, 150 Years of ObamaCare illuminates one of the most
challenging legislative feats in the history of the United States.
Reading this book is like sitting down with Dr. David Satcher to
hear stories of leadership and lessons learned from his lifetime
commitment to health equity. Dr. David Satcher is one of the most
widely known and well-regarded physicians of our time. A former
four-star admiral in the US Public Health Service Commissioned
Corps, he served as the assistant secretary for health, the surgeon
general of the United States, and the director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention before founding the eponymous
Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of
Medicine. At the core of his impact on public health, he is also a
lifelong leader for civil rights and health equity. Born black and
poor in the deep South, Dr. Satcher was a victim of an unjust
health care system: he almost died of whooping cough at the age of
two because Jim Crow laws meant that his black doctor could not
admit him to a hospital. That experience was the first of many that
shaped him as a leader and a healer deeply attuned to social
inequity-someone who was determined to make a positive difference.
med In My Quest for Health Equity, Dr. Satcher takes an inspiring
and instructive look inside his fifty-year career to shed light on
the challenge and burden of leadership. Explaining that he has
thought of each leadership role-whether in academia, community, or
government-as an opportunity to move the needle toward health
equity, he shares the hard-won lessons he has learned over a
lifetime in the medical field. Drawing on his early memories,
medical school days, experience in the civil rights movement, and
professional highs and lows, Dr. Satcher touches on a number of
topics, including * the essential qualities of leadership * leading
from science to policy to practice * the importance of clear
communication and continual learning * the need for workplace
discipline * confronting failure * specific health issues,
including the obesity epidemic, reproductive health, and mental
health stigma * team approaches to leadership * and much more In
this book, readers will discover a template for using leadership
roles of all types to eliminate health disparities. My Quest for
Health Equity is a vital resource for current and rising leaders.
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are
not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or
access to any online entitlements included with the product. An
essential guide to clinical issues encountered during management of
patients of varied cultural and economic backgrounds This essential
text assists health care students and practitioners in delivering
skilled and appropriate care to all patients, no matter their
ethnicity, country of origin, cultural history, or access to
services. Presenting need-to-know and often hard to find
information on differences in access to heath care, immunization
histories, disease prevalence, attitudes about health and provision
of care, and much more, this resource provides practical,
authoritative, and specific guidance.
The Search for the Legacy of the USPHS Syphilis Study at Tuskegee
is a collection of essays that seeks to redefine the "legacy" of
the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study in light of recent findings
from other scientific studies that challenge the long-standing,
widely-held understanding of the study. These essays are written
with thoughtful attention to fully integrate the essayists'
perspectives on the impact of the study on the lives of Americans
today and place the legacy of the study within the evolving picture
of racial and ethnic relations in the United States. Each essayist
looks through his or her own personal and professional prism to
give an account of what constitutes that legacy today. Contributors
include the two leading historians of the Tuskeegee Syphilis Study
and two former Surgeons General of the United States as well as
other prominent scholars from the fields of public health,
bioethics, psychology, biostatistics, medicine, dentistry,
journalism, medical sociology, medical anthropology, and health
disparities research.
The Search for the Legacy of the USPHS Syphilis Study at Tuskegee
is a collection of essays that seeks to redefine the "legacy" of
the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study in light of recent findings
from other scientific studies that challenge the long-standing,
widely-held understanding of the study. These essays are written
with thoughtful attention to fully integrate the essayists'
perspectives on the impact of the study on the lives of Americans
today and place the legacy of the study within the evolving picture
of racial and ethnic relations in the United States. Each essayist
looks through his or her own personal and professional prism to
give an account of what constitutes that legacy today. Contributors
include the two leading historians of the Tuskeegee Syphilis Study
and two former Surgeons General of the United States as well as
other prominent scholars from the fields of public health,
bioethics, psychology, biostatistics, medicine, dentistry,
journalism, medical sociology, medical anthropology, and health
disparities research.
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