{"product_id":"pained-michael-stein-9780197510384","title":"Pained: Uncomfortable Conversations about the Public's Health","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA POLITICAL PROVOCATION FROM A PAIR OF PHYSICIANS WRITING OUTSIDE THEIR LANE\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmericans care about their health. Americans pay lots of money in hopes of maintaining their health. So why are Americans so unhealthy? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe reason is simple: as a country, the United States overinvests in medical care at the expense of the social, economic, and cultural forces that produce health. The rise of medicine as a cornerstone of American life and culture has coincided with a social and political devaluation of factors demonstrated to mean more to our vitality than anything else -- influences like where we live, work, and play; livable wages that create opportunity for healthy living; and gender and racial equity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePained\u003c\/em\u003e, physicians Michael Stein and Sandro Galea push the conversation around American health where it belongs: toward matters of class, money, and culture. Across more than 50 essays and data illustrations, \u003cem\u003ePained \u003c\/em\u003ecasts a light on how the structural components of everyday life -- like school, housing, police, even cell phones -- ultimately determine who gets to be healthy in today's America. In doing so, it makes a case for reframing our political discourse in less myopic, more effectual terms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccessible and surprising, political but not partisan, \u003cem\u003ePained\u003c\/em\u003e is the urgent, uncomfortable conversation that American needs in this challenging moment. It will delight and infuriate readers of all political stripes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Stein, Sandro Galea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197510388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197510384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Michael Stein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132843290879,"sku":"9780197510384","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6dce0f6e-35b4-49c4-be57-a53bde3e60d4.jpg?v=1687482643","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pained-michael-stein-9780197510384","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}