《牙齿的困境》【内容简介】
在《牙齿的困境》一书中，你会读到许多让人不安的故事。作为一名资深记者，玛丽·奥托试图用这些故事来串起美国牙科的历史，反思美国医疗保健体系的弊病，并揭露事情背后社会不平等的真相。比如：牙医们因报销率低不愿为穷人服务，12岁的男孩迪蒙特最终因未经及时治疗的牙齿发炎感染了大脑而死去。又如：美丽的牙齿成为评判人成功与否的标志，明星们“珍珠般的白牙”花费了巨资，而许多穷人则因为一口坏牙难以找到工作……牙齿健康危机的背后，折射出的是一个国家、社会和时代的问题。
这本书谈论的虽是美国牙科问题，却值得全世界人们共同思考。对那些没钱看牙的普通人来说，牙疼不是偶尔发作的小毛病，而是相伴一生的困扰。我们需要正视牙齿的问题，更需要良好的公共卫生政策，毕竟一口好牙是健康身体的一部分，而健康就是一种幸福。
作者简介
玛丽·奥托（MaryOtto）
记者，作家，美国口腔健康新闻领军人物。她曾为《华盛顿邮报》撰写了多年的文章，持续报道包括医疗保健和贫困在内的社会问题。奥托的书揭露了“迪蒙特·德里弗死亡案”中的不平等现象，照亮了美国口腔健康的黑暗之处，推动了马里兰州医疗补助计划的改革。现在她在医疗保健记者协会（AssociationofHealthCareJournalists）担任口腔健康主题负责人。
陈璐
英国埃克塞特大学文化与环境健康研究中心博士后研究员。研究方向是疾病的社会政治、疫苗接种计划和传染病控制，特别关注健康政策、全球健康的地缘政治、医疗服务的公平获取以及社会医学。
"The Tooth Dilemma" 【 Content Introduction 】
In The Teeth Dilemma, you will read many disturbing stories. As a veteran journalist, Mary Otto seeks to use these stories to thread the history of American dentistry, reflect on the ills of the American health care system, and expose the truth behind the social inequalities. For example, dentists were reluctant to serve the poor because of low reimbursement rates, and a 12-year-old boy named Dimonte eventually died from an untreated tooth infection that infected his brain. Another example: beautiful teeth become a sign of success, celebrities spend a lot of money on "pearly white teeth", and many poor people find it difficult to find a job because of bad teeth... Behind the dental health crisis, it reflects the problems of a country, society and times.
This book is about dental problems in the United States, but it should be considered by people all over the world. For ordinary people who can't afford dental care, toothache is not an occasional minor problem, but a lifelong problem. We need to face up to the problem of teeth, but also need good public health policies, after all, good teeth are part of a healthy body, and health is a kind of happiness.
About the author
MaryOtto
Journalist, author, American oral health news leader. She wrote for The Washington Post for many years, continuously reporting on social issues including health care and poverty. Otto's book exposed the inequalities in the death of Demont River, shining a light on the dark underbelly of oral health in America and pushing for reform of Maryland's Medicaid program. Now she is in health care journalists association (AssociationofHealthCareJournalists) for oral health, head of the theme.
Chen Lu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cultural and Environmental Health Research Centre, University of Exeter, UK. His research interests include the sociopolitics of disease, vaccination programs, and infectious disease control, with a particular focus on health policy, the geopolitics of global health, equitable access to health services, and social medicine.
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