Key insights from
Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
By Vivek Murthy
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10 minute read
Published Apr 21, 2020
What you'll learn
Dr. Vivek Murthy served as the nineteenth surgeon general of the United States after an extensive tenure as an MD. Through his practice and research, he realized that many patients are hurting physically because of unmet emotional and social needs—areas that doctors are usually not trained to address. This book is an attempt to expose a major public health concern and to show how strong social connections can transform our health and society.
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 Doctors usually end up treating symptoms while leaving root causes of poor health unaddressed.
- 2 Doctors have begun the practice of social prescribing because of the power relationships have to reduce health risks.
- 3 Our DNA and physiology prime us for social connection.
- 4 Prolonged loneliness taxes the body’s most vital systems.
- 5 If you’re lonely, you’re in good company.
- 6 Know the common categories of relational deficits and find ways to strengthen them.
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