I’m excited to introduce my book!

 

America’s Health:
The Community is Now the Patient

This book explores the health crisis in America. In the United States we spends trillions of dollars on Healthcare but we are at the bottom when compared to other developed countries on measures of  population health such as life expectancy, infant mortality and maternal mortality. 

The argument is made that poor health in this country is due to the lack of focus on the social determinant of health that have been shown to play a major role in disease development. 

My hope for this book is that it is a call to action - rooted in both science and lived experience - I want to shift the narrative about health in this country. 

 I decided to write this book after 30+ years as a psychiatrist and public health professional, I’ve seen the same patients return again and again - not because the treatment failed but because the system was not able to address what made them sick in the first place.

 

Overview

This book is written in 3 parts, with the underlying premise, that it is the intergenerational cycle of poor health, within the context of the unjust distribution of social resources, that is at the foundation of disease and discontent in this country. 

 
 

  • Part one described the problem of worsening health, in a wealthy country, that spends more on healthcare than most other developed countries in the world. 

  • Part two examines the stress from living under adverse social condition and the unhealthy social connections that are formed. 

  • Part three offers a solution by suggesting that the community is the patient not the individual person. 

 
 

You will enjoy this book if you are a healthcare provider, policy advocate, parent or someone who simply cares about your health and the health of your community.