{"product_id":"epic-measures-one-doctor-seven-billion-patients-paperback","title":"Epic Measures: One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients. - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeremy N. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoneyball meets medicine in this remarkable chronicle of one of the greatest scientific quests of our time--the groundbreaking program to answer the most essential question for humanity: how do we live and die?--and the visionary mastermind behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedical 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. While it is one of the largest scientific projects ever attempted--as breathtaking as the first moon landing or the Human Genome Project--the questions it answers are meaningful for every one of us: What are the world's health problems? Who do they hurt? How much? Where? Why?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMurray 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. Challenging the accepted wisdom of the WHO and the UN, the charismatic and controversial health maverick has made enemies--and some influential friends, including Bill Gates who gave Murray a $100 million grant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Epic Measures, journalist Jeremy N. Smith offers an intimate look at Murray and his groundbreaking work. From ranking countries' healthcare systems (the U.S. is 37th) to unearthing the shocking reality that world governments are funding developing countries at only 30% of the potential maximum efficiency when it comes to health, Epic Measures introduces a visionary leader whose unwavering determination to improve global health standards has already changed the way the world addresses issues of health and wellness, sets policy, and distributes funding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmith's account takes you behind the scenes of this monumental quest--a story of defiant genius, intellectual rivalry, and the unprecedented effort to count what makes us human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Scientific Revolution: \u003c\/b\u003e Go inside the Global Burden of Disease study, an effort as ambitious as the moon landing, and meet the controversial visionary, Christopher Murray, who conceived it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHealth Systems Under the Microscope: \u003c\/b\u003e Discover the shocking analysis that ranked the U.S. healthcare system 37th in the world and challenged the accepted wisdom of the WHO and the UN.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Power of Epidemiology: \u003c\/b\u003e Follow the quest to develop a new way of seeing the world, using medical statistics to answer the most fundamental questions: how do we truly live and die?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Gates Effect: \u003c\/b\u003e Learn how an unlikely friendship with Bill Gates led to a $100 million grant that accelerated this epic quest to improve the health of everyone on Earth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedical doctor and economist Christopher Murray began the Global Burden of Disease study to gain a truer understanding of how we live and how we die. Leading one of the largest scientific projects ever attempted--as ambitious as the first moon landing or the Human Genome Project--the charismatic and controversial health maverick found a way to use Big Data to show that the ideal existence isn't simply the longest but the one lived well and with the least illness. Along the way, he and his colleagues challenged--and changed--the accepted wisdom of major aid groups, the WHO, and the UN, making enemies but also winning some very influential friends in their ongoing crusade to redefine how we see health and well-being. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoneyball \u003c\/em\u003emeets medicine in this remarkable chronicle of Murray's lifelong determination to understand the world's health problems, told with novelistic verve by acclaimed journalist Jeremy N. Smith. Encompassing wars and famines, presidents and activists, billionaires and billions of people worldwide living in poverty, \u003cem\u003eEpic Measures\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of one of the greatest scientific quests of our time--and the visionary mastermind behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e--A. J. Jacobs, author of \u003cem\u003eDrop Dead Healthy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Year of Living Biblically\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedical doctor and economist Christopher Murray began the Global Burden of Disease study to gain a truer understanding of how we live and how we die. Leading one of the largest scientific projects ever attempted--as ambitious as the first moon landing or the Human Genome Project--the charismatic and controversial health maverick found a way to use Big Data to show that the ideal existence isn't simply the longest but the one lived well and with the least illness. Along the way, he and his colleagues challenged--and changed--the accepted wisdom of major aid groups, the WHO, and the UN, making enemies but also winning some very influential friends in their ongoing crusade to redefine how we see health and well-being. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoneyball \u003c\/em\u003emeets medicine in this remarkable chronicle of Murray's lifelong determination to understand the world's health problems, told with novelistic verve by acclaimed journalist Jeremy N. Smith. 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