“今天是公共卫生拯救了你的生命，只是你不知道而已。”这是温麟衍博士喜欢说的一句话。你之所以不知道，是因为良好的公共卫生是看不见的。它只有在被忽视和资金不足时才会显现出来，而这一残酷的事实在COVID-19的破坏中变得前所未有地显而易见。

　　温麟衍一直在公共卫生的最前线工作，领导对抗阿片类药物流行、传染病暴发、母婴死亡率上升以及疫情中的虚假信息。温麟衍根据自己的深刻经历，详细揭示了公共卫生如何独特地包含科学、宣传、医学和政治，如何在保护弱势群体和维护社区安全方面发挥关键作用，以及其在应对社会问题时的创新性解决方法，例如将枪支暴力视为传染病，将种族主义视为健康威胁。

　　温麟衍自己的故事是一个独特的美国移民的故事：她和家人曾经依靠领取食品券生活，有时甚至无家可归。她13岁上大学，从医学院毕业，在急诊室工作，获得罗德奖学金，并转向公共卫生事业。

　　《生命线》提供了扣人心弦的故事和无与伦比的权威，它是一本振奋人心的回忆录，一个了解公共卫生内部运作的窗口，让人们认识到人人享有健康是一项基本的权利。

　　作者简介

　　温麟衍（Leana Wen）博士是一名急诊医生，乔治·华盛顿大学卫生政策与管理客座教授，布鲁金斯学会非常驻高级研究员，还是《华盛顿邮报》的专栏作家和CNN的医学分析师。她曾担任巴尔的摩市卫生局长，领导美国历史最悠久、持续运转时间最长的卫生部门，将暴力和种族主义视为公共卫生问题，致力于对抗阿片类药物流行，并改善孕产妇和儿童健康。

　　温麟衍在圣路易斯华盛顿大学医学院获得医学学位，后在牛津大学研究公共卫生政策，期间她还是罗德奖学金获得者。她在布莱根妇女医院和马萨诸塞州总医院完成住院医生培训，并在哈佛医学院担任临床研究员。

　　作为外交关系委员会的成员，她被公认为现代医疗50位最具影响力的医生高管和领导者之一，医疗领域25位少数族商高管之一。曾获得美国公共卫生协会地方公共卫生工作最高奖，以及“年度政府公职人员”、“世界经济论坛全球青年领袖”等荣誉。2019年，温博士被《时代》杂志评为100位最具影响力人物之一。

"Public health saved your life today, you just didn't know it." This is a phrase Dr. Wen Linyan likes to say. The reason you don't know is because good public health is invisible. It only manifests itself when it is neglected and underfunded, and this harsh truth has become more evident than ever in the devastation of COVID-19.

Wen Linyan has been on the front lines of public health, leading the fight against the opioid epidemic, infectious disease outbreaks, rising maternal and infant mortality, and disinformation in outbreaks. Drawing on her profound experience, Wen details how public health uniquely encompasses science, advocacy, medicine, and politics, how it plays a key role in protecting vulnerable populations and keeping communities safe, and its innovative approaches to addressing social problems, such as treating gun violence as an infectious disease and racism as a health threat.

Wen Linyan's own story is that of a unique American immigrant: she and her family were once on food stamps and sometimes homeless. She went to college at 13, graduated from medical school, worked in an emergency room, won a Rhodes Scholarship, and turned to a career in public health.

Offering a gripping story and unparalleled authority, Lifeline is an uplifting memoir, a window into the inner workings of public health, and a recognition that health for all is a fundamental right.

About the author

Dr. Leana Wen is an emergency physician, visiting professor of health policy and management at George Washington University, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a columnist for The Washington Post and a medical analyst for CNN. As Baltimore City health commissioner, she led the nation's oldest and longest-running health department, embracing violence and racism as public health issues, working to combat the opioid epidemic and improve maternal and child health.

Wen received her medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and studied public health policy at Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. She completed her residency training at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, and served as a clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School.

As a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, she has been recognized as one of the 50 most influential physician executives and leaders in modern healthcare and one of the 25 minority business executives in healthcare. He has received the highest award for local public health work from the American Public Health Association, as well as "Government Official of the Year" and "Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum". In 2019, Dr. Wen was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people.