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Alfred Sommer, M.D., M.H.S., is the former dean and a professor of epidemiology and international health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a professor of ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine, Dr. Sommer has written about and studied public health and illnesses for more than three decades. He is the winner of the 1997 Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research.
Preface | p. ix |
Genesis: From Few to Many-in Fits and Starts | p. 1 |
Disease Is The Sum Of All Evils | p. 10 |
Genes: Sometimes "Destiny," Sometimes Not | p. 26 |
The Complex Nature of Causality | p. 32 |
The Consequences of Our Own Behavior | p. 37 |
Choosing The Healthier Lifestyle | p. 54 |
From Science To Policy: The Path Is Anything but Linear | p. 67 |
The U.S. Health Care System | p. 73 |
Who's Healthy? Who's Not? Why | p. 109 |
Notes | p. 115 |
Further Reading, Films, and Websites of Interest | p. 123 |
Index | p. 127 |
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