Me vs. Us

Longtime physician and public health advocate Michael Stein reveals the true differences between public health and medicine--and how we can bridge the divide to solve our most pressing health crises.

Michael D. Stein, MD, a primary care physician and researcher, has been writing about medicine and public health for decades. He is Professor and Chair of Health Law, Policy, and Management at Boston University School of Public Health. Stein graduated from Harvard College and received his medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. Stein has published more than 400 scientific journal articles related to behavioral medicine and risk-taking, and is the best-selling author of ten books, including The Addict: One Patient, One Doctor, One Year, Pained: Uncomfortable Conversations about The Public's Health, and Broke: Patients Talk about Money with Their Doctor.

Introduction
With Health, as in the rest of life, we think in terms of Me not Us
PART 1
Chapter 1
We are not sure what public health is
Chapter 2
If public health work is preventive, it's invisible, and becomes visible only during crises
Chapter 3
We are not sure who public health is for
Chapter 4
There is little private money to be made in public health
Chapter 5
Public health frames its successes incorrectly
Chapter 6
Public health can only infrequently perform randomized trials and therefore seems less rigorous
Chatper 7
Public health is thought of as government work, primarily for the sake of the poor
Chapter 8
Public health is missing health care's personal stories
PART 2: HEALTH INDIVISIBLE