{"product_id":"ten-lessons-in-public-health-9781421409047","title":"Ten Lessons in Public Health","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTriumph, tragedy, frustration, and elation await those who set off on careers in public health, and Ten Lessons in Public Health is destined to become a classic book that puts the field into perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSommer is deftly able to explore his field's big ideas by directly following ordinary human stories, which not only makes the lessons easy to understand but foregrounds the reasons why to do it in the first place. -- Bret McCabe Johns Hopkins Magazine Sommer's new memoir is also a gift to students-'Inspiration for Tomorrow's Leaders' is the subtitle-full of stories from a career spent in some of the poorest corners of the world, amid political upheaval and natural disasters. -- Dan Rodricks Baltimore Sun Alfred Sommer has now done exactly what we desire and written 10 Lessons in Public Health: Inspiration for Tomorrow's Leaders. Sommer combines the wisdom of going to where the problems are... with a discussion of the limitation of a job description... These aren't just lessons for public health. These are lessons for life. -- Bill Foege, Author of House on Fire Lancet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Go Where the Problems Are\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Get into the Field\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Forget the Job Description\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Don't Count on Things Staying the Same\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Follow Most, but Not All, of the Rules\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Collect Good Data—Even if You Don't Yet Know What Important Questions They May Answer\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Remember Your Humanity\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Use Data to Set Policy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. If You Think You're Right, Keep Pushing\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Take the Long View\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529526944087,"sku":"9781421409047","price":24.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421409047.jpg?v=1731875963","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ten-lessons-in-public-health-9781421409047","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}