Bibliograph

Epic measures, one doctor, seven billion patients, Jeremy N. Smith

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Epic measures, one doctor, seven billion patients, Jeremy N. Smith

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-313) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Epic measures

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

883146072

Responsibility statement

Jeremy N. Smith

Sub title

one doctor, seven billion patients

Summary

Medical doctor and economist Christopher Murray began the Global Burden of Disease studies to gain a truer understanding of how we live and how we die. Murray argues that the ideal existence isn't simply the longest but the one lived well and with the least illness. Until we can accurately measure how people live and die, we cannot understand what makes us sick or do much to improve it. In Epic Measures, journalist Jeremy N. Smith offers an intimate look at Murray and his groundbreaking work

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