Telltale Hearts: A Public Health Doctor, His Patients, and the Power of Story

Schillinger, Dean-David

ISBN 10: 1541704207 / ISBN 13: 9781541704206

Verlag: PublicAffairs, 2024

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A doctor's powerful meditation on what his patients taught him and what they can teach us about health, empathy and healing.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Dean-David Schillinger MD is a primary care physician, scientist, author, and public health advocate. He is an internationally recognized expert in health communication and has been widely recognized for his work related to improving the health of marginalized populations. He is credited with a number of discoveries in primary care and health communication and is considered a pioneer of the field of health literacy. He is the inaugural recipient of the Andrew B. Bindman Professorship in Primary Care and Health Policy at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Schillinger has served as chief of the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital, and chief of the Diabetes Prevention and Control Program for the California Department of Public Health. In 2006, he co-founded the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, a leading research center committed to addressing the social, environmental and commercial determinants of health through research, education, policy, and practice. He currently directs the UCSF Health Communications Research Program.
 

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Titel: Telltale Hearts: A Public Health Doctor, His...
Verlag: PublicAffairs
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
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