50 Books like Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition

We've Got You Covered

by Liran Einav • 2023

America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.

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386

🏥 American Healthcare 📊 Health Economics 🏛 Health Policy 🩺 Universal Coverage 🩻 Health Insurance

We've Got You Covered 96%

America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.

by Liran Einav 2023

4.09

386 ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 📊 Health Economics 🏛 Health Policy 🩺 Universal Coverage 🩻 Health Insurance

Medicare for All

by Abdul El-Sayed • 2021

$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.

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349

🏥 Healthcare Reform 🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏛️ Single-Payer Systems 💰 Health Economics 🏢 Corporate Power

Medicare for All 96%

$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.

by Abdul El-Sayed 2021

4.36

349 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Reform 🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏛️ Single-Payer Systems 💰 Health Economics 🏢 Corporate Power

The Price We Pay

by Marty Makary • 2019

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

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🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

The Price We Pay 95%

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

by Marty Makary 2019

4.45

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

The Primal Prescription

by Doug McGuff • 2015

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

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📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🧑‍⚕️ Healthcare Consumers

The Primal Prescription 95%

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

by Doug McGuff 2015

4.24

131 ratings

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🧑‍⚕️ Healthcare Consumers

Redefining Health Care

by Michael E. Porter • 2006

US health competition is zero-sum. Shift it to patient results and excellent care gets cheaper.

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🏥 Healthcare Strategy 💰 Health Economics ♟️ Competitive Strategy 📏 Outcome Measurement 🔄 Care Delivery Reform

Redefining Health Care 95%

US health competition is zero-sum. Shift it to patient results and excellent care gets cheaper.

by Michael E. Porter 2006

3.91

397 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Strategy 💰 Health Economics ♟️ Competitive Strategy 📏 Outcome Measurement 🔄 Care Delivery Reform

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care

by Sally C. Pipes • 2008

The 46 million uninsured is a mirage; government is the real problem.

3.54

🏥 Healthcare Policy 📉 Free-Market Economics 🇨🇦 Single-Payer Critique 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏛️ Government Failure

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care Summary

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care 95%

The 46 million uninsured is a mirage; government is the real problem.

by Sally C. Pipes 2008

3.54

24 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Policy 📉 Free-Market Economics 🇨🇦 Single-Payer Critique 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏛️ Government Failure

Our Malady

by Timothy Snyder • 2020

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

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🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality 🌐 Universal Healthcare

Our Malady 95%

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

by Timothy Snyder 2020

4.14

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality 🌐 Universal Healthcare

The People's Hospital

by Ricardo Nuila • 2020

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

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🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality 📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Medical Memoir

The People's Hospital 95%

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

by Ricardo Nuila 2020

4.38

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality 📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Medical Memoir

Doctored

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2014

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

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1k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Economics

Doctored 95%

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2014

3.61

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Economics

Managing the Myths of Health Care

by Henry Mintzberg • 2017

Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.

3.47

🏥 Health Care Management 📋 Health Policy 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌐 Distributed Leadership 🤝 Community Engagement

Managing the Myths of Health Care Summary

Managing the Myths of Health Care 94%

Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.

by Henry Mintzberg 2017

3.47

74 ratings

🏥 Health Care Management 📋 Health Policy 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌐 Distributed Leadership 🤝 Community Engagement

An American Sickness

by Elisabeth Rosenthal • 2017

American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.

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🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏢 Corporate Medicine 🛡️ Health Insurance 💪 Patient Advocacy

An American Sickness 94%

American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.

by Elisabeth Rosenthal 2017

4.29

8k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏢 Corporate Medicine 🛡️ Health Insurance 💪 Patient Advocacy

The Innovator's Prescription

by Clayton M. Christensen • 2008

Three incompatible business models live inside every hospital. Separating them is the cure.

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🏥 Healthcare Reform 💡 Disruptive Innovation 🧬 Precision Medicine 🔄 Business Model Innovation 💰 Value-Based Care

The Innovator's Prescription 94%

Three incompatible business models live inside every hospital. Separating them is the cure.

by Clayton M. Christensen 2008

4.20

1k+ ratings

🏥 Healthcare Reform 💡 Disruptive Innovation 🧬 Precision Medicine 🔄 Business Model Innovation 💰 Value-Based Care

The Two Percent Solution

by Matt Miller • 2003

America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.

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🏛️ Domestic Policy 🏥 Healthcare Reform 📚 Education Reform 💰 Campaign Finance 🤝 Bipartisan Solutions

The Two Percent Solution 93%

America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.

by Matt Miller 2003

3.98

89 ratings

🏛️ Domestic Policy 🏥 Healthcare Reform 📚 Education Reform 💰 Campaign Finance 🤝 Bipartisan Solutions

Unaccountable

by Marty Makary • 2012

Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.

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🏥 Hospital Accountability 🔍 Medical Transparency 🛡️ Patient Safety ⚠️ Medical Errors 💸 Overtreatment

Unaccountable 93%

Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.

by Marty Makary 2012

4.29

2k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Accountability 🔍 Medical Transparency 🛡️ Patient Safety ⚠️ Medical Errors 💸 Overtreatment

Your Life in My Hands

by Rachel Clarke • 2017

Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.

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🏥 NHS Crisis 👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency 🔥 Physician Burnout 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 📜 Healthcare Reform

Your Life in My Hands 92%

Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.

by Rachel Clarke 2017

3.78

4k+ ratings

🏥 NHS Crisis 👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency 🔥 Physician Burnout 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 📜 Healthcare Reform

How Data Science Is Transforming Health Care

by Tim O'Reilly • 2012

Healthcare guesses which half of its treatments work. Data science is finally giving it an answer.

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118

🎯 Precision Medicine 📊 Big Data 📈 Predictive Analytics 💰 Value-Based Care 💻 Health IT

How Data Science Is Transforming Health Care Summary

How Data Science Is Transforming Health Care 92%

Healthcare guesses which half of its treatments work. Data science is finally giving it an answer.

by Tim O'Reilly 2012

3.54

118 ratings

🎯 Precision Medicine 📊 Big Data 📈 Predictive Analytics 💰 Value-Based Care 💻 Health IT

Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals

by Peter Pronovost • 2010

Hospitals kill by accident. One doctor proved it and built the checklist system that stops them.

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244

🏥 Patient Safety 🔗 Systems Thinking 🛡️ Safety Culture 📊 Quality Improvement 📚 Evidence-Based Medicine

Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals 92%

Hospitals kill by accident. One doctor proved it and built the checklist system that stops them.

by Peter Pronovost 2010

3.94

244 ratings

🏥 Patient Safety 🔗 Systems Thinking 🛡️ Safety Culture 📊 Quality Improvement 📚 Evidence-Based Medicine

Thinking Outside the Pill Box

by Ty Vincent MD • 2012

Escape the prescription treadmill: a doctor's guide to nutrition, detox, and hormonal repair.

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🩺 Integrative Medicine 🏥 Healthcare System Critique 🥗 Nutritional Healing ☠️ Environmental Toxins ⚖️ Hormonal Balance

Thinking Outside the Pill Box 92%

Escape the prescription treadmill: a doctor's guide to nutrition, detox, and hormonal repair.

by Ty Vincent MD 2012

3.71

7 ratings

🩺 Integrative Medicine 🏥 Healthcare System Critique 🥗 Nutritional Healing ☠️ Environmental Toxins ⚖️ Hormonal Balance

Get What's Yours for Medicare

by Philip Moeller • 2016

Medicare errors trigger lifetime penalties. The gaps, rules, and fixes the handbook skips.

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258

🏥 Medicare Navigation 🛡️ Health Insurance 📢 Consumer Advocacy 📋 Retirement Planning 💰 Healthcare Costs

Get What's Yours for Medicare 92%

Medicare errors trigger lifetime penalties. The gaps, rules, and fixes the handbook skips.

by Philip Moeller 2016

3.84

258 ratings

🏥 Medicare Navigation 🛡️ Health Insurance 📢 Consumer Advocacy 📋 Retirement Planning 💰 Healthcare Costs

Every Deep-Drawn Breath

by Wes Ely • 2021

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

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🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Medical Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care

Every Deep-Drawn Breath 92%

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

by Wes Ely 2021

4.35

2k+ ratings

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Medical Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care

The Rabbit Effect

by Kelli Harding M.D. M.P.H • 2019

The greatest health breakthrough isn't a pill or a diet. It's how we treat each other.

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📊 Social Epidemiology 🤝 Social Connection 😟 Stress Science 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💕 Compassion Science

The Rabbit Effect 92%

The greatest health breakthrough isn't a pill or a diet. It's how we treat each other.

by Kelli Harding M.D. M.P.H 2019

4.14

1k+ ratings

📊 Social Epidemiology 🤝 Social Connection 😟 Stress Science 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💕 Compassion Science

You

by Michael F. Roizen • 2009

Learn your body's systems and the daily choices that control the majority of your lifespan.

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5k+

🩺 Preventive Medicine 🫀 Human Anatomy ⏳ Longevity Science 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 🍎 Nutritional Medicine

You 92%

Learn your body's systems and the daily choices that control the majority of your lifespan.

by Michael F. Roizen 2009

3.65

5k+ ratings

🩺 Preventive Medicine 🫀 Human Anatomy ⏳ Longevity Science 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 🍎 Nutritional Medicine

The Emperor of All Maladies

by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2010

Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.

4.34

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📜 Medical History 🔬 Cancer Biology 📖 Disease Biography 🧬 Genetics 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

The Emperor of All Maladies 92%

Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.

by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

4.34

116k+ ratings

📜 Medical History 🔬 Cancer Biology 📖 Disease Biography 🧬 Genetics 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

Better

by Atul Gawande • 2007

Between what medicine knows and what it does, the stubborn details that close the gap.

4.25

37k+

🩺 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🪖 Battlefield Medicine 🤰 Childbirth Practices 📈 Improvement Science

Better 92%

Between what medicine knows and what it does, the stubborn details that close the gap.

by Atul Gawande 2007

4.25

37k+ ratings

🩺 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🪖 Battlefield Medicine 🤰 Childbirth Practices 📈 Improvement Science

Facing the Unseen

by Damon Tweedy • 2024

Psychiatry is exiled from mainstream medicine by design. A doctor's memoir of the human cost.

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192

🩺 Medical Education 😵 Physician Burnout 🧠 Mind-Body Dualism 🏥 Stigma In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality

Facing the Unseen 92%

Psychiatry is exiled from mainstream medicine by design. A doctor's memoir of the human cost.

by Damon Tweedy 2024

4.23

192 ratings

🩺 Medical Education 😵 Physician Burnout 🧠 Mind-Body Dualism 🏥 Stigma In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality

The Social Determinants of Health

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff • 2017

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

4.19

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

The Social Determinants of Health Summary

The Social Determinants of Health 91%

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff 2017

4.19

37 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

Complications

by Atul Gawande • 2002

Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.

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53k+

🏥 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📖 Narrative Medicine ❓ Medical Uncertainty ⚙️ Systemic Error

Complications 91%

Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.

by Atul Gawande 2002

4.28

53k+ ratings

🏥 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📖 Narrative Medicine ❓ Medical Uncertainty ⚙️ Systemic Error

Compassionomics

by Stephen Trzeciak • 2019

Compassion isn't soft: the data shows it cuts costs, heals faster, and takes just forty seconds.

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652

🏥 Patient Care 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔥 Physician Burnout 🧠 Compassion Science 💬 Patient Communication

Compassionomics 91%

Compassion isn't soft: the data shows it cuts costs, heals faster, and takes just forty seconds.

by Stephen Trzeciak 2019

4.05

652 ratings

🏥 Patient Care 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔥 Physician Burnout 🧠 Compassion Science 💬 Patient Communication

Uncontrolled Spread

by Scott Gottlieb • 2021

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

4.06

1k+

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure 🚨 Crisis Response 🔒 National Security

Uncontrolled Spread 91%

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

by Scott Gottlieb 2021

4.06

1k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure 🚨 Crisis Response 🔒 National Security

Outliving Heart Disease

by Richard Stein • 2008

Heart attacks don't announce themselves. Ten rules for knowing your real risk before it's too late.

4.00

🩺 Preventive Cardiology 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 💪 Patient Advocacy 🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine 📊 Risk Assessment

Outliving Heart Disease 91%

Heart attacks don't announce themselves. Ten rules for knowing your real risk before it's too late.

by Richard Stein 2008

4.00

1 ratings

🩺 Preventive Cardiology 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 💪 Patient Advocacy 🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine 📊 Risk Assessment

On Becoming a Doctor

by Tania Heller • 2009

A decade of training, six figures of debt, and one question to answer before you begin.

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220

📋 Pre-Med Guidance 🏥 Medical Training 📚 Medical School Survival 🩺 Residency Preparation 🔬 Medical Specialties

On Becoming a Doctor 91%

A decade of training, six figures of debt, and one question to answer before you begin.

by Tania Heller 2009

3.66

220 ratings

📋 Pre-Med Guidance 🏥 Medical Training 📚 Medical School Survival 🩺 Residency Preparation 🔬 Medical Specialties

New Abnormal

by Aaron Kheriaty • 2022

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

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148

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics 👁️ Digital Surveillance 🔬 Scientism

New Abnormal 91%

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

by Aaron Kheriaty 2022

4.38

148 ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics 👁️ Digital Surveillance 🔬 Scientism

The Wellness Trap

by Christy Harrison • 2023

Supplements aren't regulated. Popular diagnoses aren't real. Wellness culture has a science problem.

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2k+

💸 Wellness Critique 🍽️ Diet Culture 🦠 Health Misinformation 💊 Alternative Medicine 🔬 Scientific Literacy

The Wellness Trap 91%

Supplements aren't regulated. Popular diagnoses aren't real. Wellness culture has a science problem.

by Christy Harrison 2023

3.76

2k+ ratings

💸 Wellness Critique 🍽️ Diet Culture 🦠 Health Misinformation 💊 Alternative Medicine 🔬 Scientific Literacy

What We Owe Each Other

by Minouche Shafik • 2021

The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.

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🏛️ Social Policy 📉 Economic Inequality 👷 Labor Markets 🎓 Education Reform 👶 Early Childhood

What We Owe Each Other 91%

The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.

by Minouche Shafik 2021

3.85

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Social Policy 📉 Economic Inequality 👷 Labor Markets 🎓 Education Reform 👶 Early Childhood

The Great Cholesterol Con

by Malcolm Kendrick • 2007

Cholesterol took the fall. Chronic stress and social breakdown are the true causes of heart disease.

4.23

879

🩸 Cholesterol Skepticism 🏛️ Medical Orthodoxy 😰 Stress And Health 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health 💊 Statins Controversy

The Great Cholesterol Con 91%

Cholesterol took the fall. Chronic stress and social breakdown are the true causes of heart disease.

by Malcolm Kendrick 2007

4.23

879 ratings

🩸 Cholesterol Skepticism 🏛️ Medical Orthodoxy 😰 Stress And Health 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health 💊 Statins Controversy

Mayo Clinic Guide to Integrative Medicine

by Brent A. Bauer • 2021

Standard care plus acupuncture, meditation, herbs: a Mayo Clinic guide to what actually works.

3.67

🩺 Integrative Medicine 🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 🌿 Complementary Therapies 😮‍💨 Stress Management 🩹 Pain Management

Mayo Clinic Guide to Integrative Medicine Summary

Mayo Clinic Guide to Integrative Medicine 91%

Standard care plus acupuncture, meditation, herbs: a Mayo Clinic guide to what actually works.

by Brent A. Bauer 2021

3.67

21 ratings

🩺 Integrative Medicine 🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 🌿 Complementary Therapies 😮‍💨 Stress Management 🩹 Pain Management

The Health Gap

by Michael G. Marmot • 2015

Life expectancy varies by 28 years within one city. The culprit is social hierarchy, not healthcare.

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🧬 Social Determinants Of Health ⚖️ Health Equity 🔬 Social Epidemiology 📈 Social Gradient 🏛️ Structural Inequality

The Health Gap 91%

Life expectancy varies by 28 years within one city. The culprit is social hierarchy, not healthcare.

by Michael G. Marmot 2015

4.13

2k+ ratings

🧬 Social Determinants Of Health ⚖️ Health Equity 🔬 Social Epidemiology 📈 Social Gradient 🏛️ Structural Inequality

Dementia Reimagined

by Tia Powell • 2019

Alzheimer's drugs fail 99.6 percent of the time. A physician's case for joy over cure.

3.90

445

🧠 Dementia Care 🧓 Aging And Health 🕊️ End-Of-Life Care 💔 Caregiver Burden 💰 Healthcare Economics

Dementia Reimagined 91%

Alzheimer's drugs fail 99.6 percent of the time. A physician's case for joy over cure.

by Tia Powell 2019

3.90

445 ratings

🧠 Dementia Care 🧓 Aging And Health 🕊️ End-Of-Life Care 💔 Caregiver Burden 💰 Healthcare Economics

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic

by Bill Gates • 2022

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

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🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy 🧫 Infectious Disease 💉 Vaccine Development

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Summary

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic 91%

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

by Bill Gates 2022

3.76

2k+ ratings

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy 🧫 Infectious Disease 💉 Vaccine Development

The Clot Thickens

by Malcolm Kendrick • 2021

Cholesterol doesn't clog arteries. Blood clots do, triggered by stress, sugar, and pollution.

4.65

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🫀 Cardiovascular Health 🔍 Cholesterol Skeptics 🧪 Medical Myths 😰 Chronic Stress 🔬 Metabolic Health

The Clot Thickens 91%

Cholesterol doesn't clog arteries. Blood clots do, triggered by stress, sugar, and pollution.

by Malcolm Kendrick 2021

4.65

658 ratings

🫀 Cardiovascular Health 🔍 Cholesterol Skeptics 🧪 Medical Myths 😰 Chronic Stress 🔬 Metabolic Health

Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed

by Sophie J. Bakri • 2014

Silent eye diseases steal vision before you notice. A prevention roadmap from the Mayo Clinic.

4.19

👁️ Eye Health 🛡️ Preventive Medicine 👴 Healthy Aging 🩸 Diabetes Care 📚 Patient Education

Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed Summary

Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed 91%

Silent eye diseases steal vision before you notice. A prevention roadmap from the Mayo Clinic.

by Sophie J. Bakri 2014

4.19

27 ratings

👁️ Eye Health 🛡️ Preventive Medicine 👴 Healthy Aging 🩸 Diabetes Care 📚 Patient Education

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism 91%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

3k+ ratings

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Health Design Thinking

by Bon Ku • 2020

Empathy interviews, prototypes, sprints: the playbook for making healthcare human again.

4.11

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💭 Design Thinking 🏥 Healthcare Design 💡 Medical Innovation 🔍 User Research 🧱 Prototyping

Health Design Thinking 91%

Empathy interviews, prototypes, sprints: the playbook for making healthcare human again.

by Bon Ku 2020

4.11

163 ratings

💭 Design Thinking 🏥 Healthcare Design 💡 Medical Innovation 🔍 User Research 🧱 Prototyping

What Seems to Be the Problem?

by Laura Marshall-Andrews • 2022

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

4.18

299

🏥 General Practice 📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine 🔄 Integrative Medicine 💔 Trauma And Healing

What Seems to Be the Problem? 91%

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

by Laura Marshall-Andrews 2022

4.18

299 ratings

🏥 General Practice 📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine 🔄 Integrative Medicine 💔 Trauma And Healing

Elderhood

by Louise Aronson • 2019

A geriatrician's diagnosis: ageism is the last tolerated prejudice, right in your doctor's office.

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🩺 Geriatric Medicine 🏥 Ageism In Healthcare 💊 Medicalization Of Aging ✊ Anti-Ageism 📖 Narrative Medicine

Elderhood 91%

A geriatrician's diagnosis: ageism is the last tolerated prejudice, right in your doctor's office.

by Louise Aronson 2019

3.96

2k+ ratings

🩺 Geriatric Medicine 🏥 Ageism In Healthcare 💊 Medicalization Of Aging ✊ Anti-Ageism 📖 Narrative Medicine

Life Force

by Anthony Robbins • 2022

Stem cells, gene therapy, AI diagnostics: access today what doctors call tomorrow's medicine.

4.04

3k+

🧬 Precision Medicine 🧪 Longevity Science 🔬 Regenerative Medicine ⚡ Biohacking 🩺 Preventive Medicine

Life Force 91%

Stem cells, gene therapy, AI diagnostics: access today what doctors call tomorrow's medicine.

by Anthony Robbins 2022

4.04

3k+ ratings

🧬 Precision Medicine 🧪 Longevity Science 🔬 Regenerative Medicine ⚡ Biohacking 🩺 Preventive Medicine

Nine Pints

by Rose George • 2018

How a single fluid shaped history, underpins a brutal global trade, and still defies science.

3.82

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🏥 Medical History 🌍 Global Health 🩸 Menstrual Taboos 🎗️ HIV/AIDS Crisis ⚖️ Pharmaceutical Ethics

Nine Pints 91%

How a single fluid shaped history, underpins a brutal global trade, and still defies science.

by Rose George 2018

3.82

4k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Global Health 🩸 Menstrual Taboos 🎗️ HIV/AIDS Crisis ⚖️ Pharmaceutical Ethics

If Disney Ran Your Hospital

by Fred Lee • 2004

Patients compare your hospital to Disney, not the one across town. Courtesy decides who wins.

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🏥 Healthcare Management 🤲 Patient Experience 🏛️ Organizational Culture 💪 Employee Empowerment 🔄 Continuous Improvement

If Disney Ran Your Hospital 91%

Patients compare your hospital to Disney, not the one across town. Courtesy decides who wins.

by Fred Lee 2004

4.01

1k+ ratings

🏥 Healthcare Management 🤲 Patient Experience 🏛️ Organizational Culture 💪 Employee Empowerment 🔄 Continuous Improvement

Lies My Doctor Told Me

by Harmony Clearwater Grace • 2015

Osteoporosis drugs may weaken bones, and calcium pills can harden your arteries instead.

4.29

168

🦴 Bone Health 💊 Pharma Critique 🩺 Functional Medicine 📰 Medical Misinformation 🏥 Patient Advocacy

Lies My Doctor Told Me 91%

Osteoporosis drugs may weaken bones, and calcium pills can harden your arteries instead.

by Harmony Clearwater Grace 2015

4.29

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When specialists gave up, one journalist found recovery in the biology of everyday choices.

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4.29

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