The Book Prize Index

Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health

Laurie Garrett

In this meticulously researched and ultimately explosive new book by the Pulitzer Prize -- winning author of the New York Times bestseller The Coming Plague, Laurie Garrett takes on perhaps the most crucial global issue of our time. She asks: Is our collective health in a state of decline? If so, how dire is this crisis, and has the public health system itself contributed to it?

Medicine & Public HealthMedicine & Public Health · medium confidenceMedicine & Public Health81 signalsLlm Classifier: Medicine & Public Health -> Medicine & Public HealthKeyword Classifier: Medicine & Public Health -> Medicine & Public HealthTopic Classifier: Public Health Systems -> Medicine & Public HealthPublic Health SystemsDisease, Epidemics & DrugsMedicine, Health & the Body

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
George Polk Awards: Book Award2000WinnerOfficial source
National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionMajor2000FinalistSecondary source
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