Resources: September 2021

Advocacy

Metropolitan Books published “Lifelines: A Doctor’s Journey in the Fight for Public Health,” by Leana Wen, MD, in July. The book weaves guidance for public health advocacy with autobiographical elements. For more information, visit https://us.macmillan.com.

Homelessness

In August, Johns Hopkins University Press published “Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City” by Josephine Ensign. The book details the historical roots of poverty and homelessness in the U.S. For more information, visit www.press.jhu.edu

Health disparities

Johns Hopkins University Press in June published “Why Are Health Disparities Everyone”s Problem?“ by Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH. The book highlights how injustices in the U.S. health care system lead to suffering across the global and details the actions needed to eliminate health disparities. For more information, visit www.press.jhu.edu

Health inequality

University of Chicago Press in June published “The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills” by David Ansell, MD. The book details how income and race have a critical relationship with health. The new edition includes sections on how widening health disparities impacted mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, visit www.press.uchicago.edu

Alzheimer’s

Columbia University Press in March published “The Mind Thief: The Story of Alzheimer’s” by Han Yu, PhD. The book chronicles over a century of Alzheimer’s research and offers an accessible account of the science in its social contexts. For more information, visit www.cup.columbia.edu.

Health care

In March, Harvard University Press published “The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America” by Gabriel Winant, PhD. The book narrates how the blue-collar manufacturing economies that once dominated the Rust Belt have been replaced by an emerging health care sector. For more information, visit www.hup.harvard.edu

Mental health

In December, Harper Horizon published “Why Cope When You Can Heal? How Health Care Heroes of COVID-19 Can Recover from PTSD,” by Mark Goulston, MD, and Diana Hendel, PharmD. The book offers stories from front-line health workers and guidance for seeking mental health treatment. For more information visit www.whycopewhenyoucanheal.com.

Climate

MIT Press published “Brave Green World: How Science Can Save Our Planet,” by Chris Forman and Claire Asher in March. The book explores how adopting changes in manufacturing can stave off damage to the environment and global climate. For more information, visit https://mitpress.mit.edu.

Aaron Warnick contributed to this story