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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Christopher Murray’s extraordinary childhood taught vital lessons in analyzing disease and providing effective treatment methods.
Chapter 3: In the 1980s, health bodies relied on flawed, unreliable methods to gauge global health.
Chapter 4: Health data was often skewed to justify ineffective programs and funding.
Chapter 5: Murray created a more reliable system to gauge global health, focusing on quality of life and years lost.
Chapter 6: Results from Murray’s study exposed neglected areas and attracted intense, widespread criticism and scorn.
Chapter 7: Forced out of the World Health Organization, Murray built a new institute to advance global health.
Chapter 8: Murray’s organization now releases updated, easily accessible editions of the Global Burden Study publicly.
Description
Epic Measures (2015) tells the incredible story of how one man, Christopher Murray, came to build the most comprehensive medical study ever assembled. Find out what motivated Murray and his dedicated team of collaborators to build a worldwide map of every disease and illness known to man – and discover how his remarkable work has revolutionized the face of world health.
Who Should Listen
- Medical students
- Readers working in the health sector
- Humanitarians