Community Medicine

Imagine if there was a single, elegant solution to the biggest challenges facing healthcare: chronic disease, escalating costs, physician shortages, care access and affordability, physician burnout, loneliness, and mental health. In his second book, James Maskell shows how the community - specifically, group medical visits - can help us solve these challenges. A supportive community provides the context for ongoing healthy behaviors, a key to reversing chronic illness.

Does timing, circumstance, or luck impact your health care? This groundbreaking book reveals the hidden side of medicine and how unexpected—but predictable—events can profoundly affect our health. Is there ever a good time to have a heart attack? Why do kids born in the summer get...

From the award-winning author of American Sirens and A Thousand Naked Strangers comes a real-life thriller about the most daring rescue in air-medical history. JULY 2014. Two American medical volunteers who joined the fight against the deadliest Ebola outbreak in world history have gotten...

"It’s both transfixing and destabilizing. It’s the best thing I listened to all winter." —Alexis Gunderson, PASTE Magazine The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from Rivka Galchen, the critically acclaimed author of Atmospheric Disturbances. The story begins in 1618, in the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny comes an impassioned condemnation of America's pandemic response and an urgent call to rethink health and freedom. On December 29, 2019, historian Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. Unable to stand, barely...

A personable, story-driven explanation of how the systems around us—where we live, work, learn, and connect—shape our health, and how each of us can help create healthier communities. A powerful blend of deeply human stories and rigorous research, The Collective Cure reveals how social and...

Some secrets refuse to stay buried. When freelance reporter Raven West follows an evidence trail, she’s drawn into the cold case of Evelyn Crane. Once a charismatic art promoter, Crane’s 1970s disappearance left behind whispers of greed, betrayal, and stolen artifacts. Raven’s curiosity and emerging clairvoyance push her deeper into mysteries than she ever intends. Luckily, she’s joined by her friend Maya, whose quirky wit is matched only by her habit of packing snacks to crime scenes. Oscar, the intuitive service dog, has a nose for trouble and an unfortunate knack for stealing the...

The story of foster care in the United States is the story of the failure of the social safety net to aid poor, largely black, parents in their attempt to make a home for their children. Shattered Bonds tells this story as no other book has before -- from the perspective of a prominent black...

A comprehensive framework for ethical psychedelic medicine—a guide for therapists, trip sitters, and anyone concerned about upholding boundaries and safety in the entheogen and plant medicine community Psychedelic advisor Rebecca Martinez lays out the groundwork for an ethical approach to...

When Will returns to Medicine River, he thinks he is simply attending his mother’s funeral. He doesn’t count on Harlen Bigbear and his unique brand of community planning. Harlen tries to sell Will on the idea of returning to Medicine River to open shop as the town’s only Native...

These articles are editorials by William B. Lawson MD, PhD when he was Editor in Chief during the 2000’s. The journal at that time was published by the parent organization, the National Medical Association. Dr. Lawson along with Dr. Chile Ahaghotu MD,MA, EMHL, FAC negotiated with Elsevier, one of the largest academic publishers in the world to become the journal publisher. As a result, the Journal Received the financial foundation to continue and through the added expertise recruited quality manuscripts that continued the mission of the National Medical Association. The National Medical ...

Multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, lupus-these are just some of the eighty plus debilitating autoimmune conditions. There is no cure in medical science, and the drugs that manage them can cause multiple organ failure and increase the risk of cancer. In Healing...

There is an epidemic that is going on. It is estimated that one out of every two mothers are affected by it. No one is talking about it, but a lot of women feel it. Intense fatigue, emotional fluctuations, memory issues, hormonal and other health complications, which for some, can be debilitating and even life-threatening.

How hard-working individuals have kept abortion afloat in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s destruction, and the continued help needed if we want to sustain it When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, many feared it meant the end of abortion access in the United States. Yet the...

On a Thursday in November of 2013, Guadalupe Morales waited anxiously with her sister-in-law and their four small children. Every Latino man who drove away from their shared apartment above a small auto repair shop that day had failed to return - arrested, one by one, by ICE agents and local police. As the two women discussed what to do next, a SWAT team clad in body armor and carrying assault rifles stormed the room. In Separated, William D. Lopez examines the lasting damage done by this daylong act of collaborative immigration enforcement in Washtenaw County, Michigan.

A gentle, inclusive, and beautiful resource for anyone looking to quiet the low hum of worry in their daily lives. Find insightful reflections, and simple yet radical practices to soothe anxiety. For those striving to live more intentionally and with deeper self-compassion and calm, Worry...

In this “riveting read, meshing memoir with scientific explication” (Nature), a world-renowned neuroscientist reveals how he learned to communicate with patients in vegetative or “gray zone” states and, more importantly, he explains what those interactions tell us about the working of...

For readers of The Least of Us and In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts--a practical, hopeful, and research-based guide for supporting loved ones through addiction and recovery. This isn’t a book about addiction--it’s a book about recovery. Written for every loved one, community member, and...

An American Psychology-Law Society’s Lawrence S. Wrightsman Book Award Winner A 2022 PROSE Award finalist in Legal Studies and Criminology A 2022 American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award Finalist A Behavioral Scientist’s Notable Book of 2021 Freakonomics for the law—how applying...

Choosing an assisted living community isn’t just about ticking boxes—it’s a defining decision that touches every part of your loved one’s life. It’s not transactional; it’s transformational. This isn’t just about beds, buildings, or amenities. It’s about people, values, and the everyday details that shape someone’s dignity, peace of mind, and sense of self. It’s about choosing a place where your loved one doesn’t just survive—but lives well.