{"product_id":"my-quest-for-health-equity-9781421438313","title":"My Quest for Health Equity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReading 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Lessons Learned from Fifty Years of Leadership \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. From Health Disparities to Global Health Equity \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. When Leadership Confronts Failure\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Need for Clear Communication\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. The Need for Continual Learning \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. A Three-Dimensional Perspective on Leadership \u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Discipline in the Quest for Health Equity  \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Leading from Science to Policy to Practice\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Confronting the Epidemic of Overweight and Obesity\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. The Advancement of Reproductive Health\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Health Problems\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Leadership beyond Expertise\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. The Team Approach to Leadership\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Leading for Institutional Sustainability \u003cbr\u003eFrequently Used Acronyms\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408138477911,"sku":"9781421438313","price":21.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421438313.jpg?v=1730501726","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/my-quest-for-health-equity-9781421438313","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}