Born Sick in the USA: Improving the Health of a Nation by Bezruchka, Stephen

Born Sick in the USA: Improving the Health of a Nation

Author: Stephen BezruchkaPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 02/19/2026Pages: 250Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.70dISBN: 9781009573702About...
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Born Sick in the USA: Improving the Health of a Nation by Bezruchka, Stephen

Born Sick in the USA: Improving the Health of a Nation

$89.99 $47.29

Born Sick in the USA: Improving the Health of a Nation

$89.99 $47.29
Author: Stephen Bezruchka
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Author: Stephen Bezruchka
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/19/2026
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781009573702

About the Author
Bezruchka, Stephen: - Stephen Bezruchka is Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health at the University of Washington. He is the author of Nepali for Trekkers (1991), The Pocket Doctor: A Passport to Healthy Travel (1999), Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment (2005), Trekking in Nepal: A Traveler's Guide (2011), and Inequality Kills Us All: COVID-19's Health Lessons for the World (2022), and contributed to Far From the Road: A Community Health Project in the Himalayas (2025), among other titles. He also set up a remote district hospital in the western part of Nepal and supervised Nepali doctor training there.

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