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Michael Lerner (public health activist)

Michael Lerner (public health activist)

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Michael Lerner (born 1940s) is an American public health activist. He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.[1]

Life

He graduated from Harvard University and Yale University. He founded Commonweal, an organization that "supports visionary people and emergent programs to help us all create the world we want to live in".[1][2][3][4] His work with Commonweal focusses on helping children with learning and behavior disorders, providing psychosocial support services for adults with cancer and developing a socially just and ecologically sustainable future.

Works

  • Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer (1992)
  • Lerner, M. (1994). Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-12180-4.
  • "Environmental Health, Human Healing – with Daniel Goleman and Michael Lerner". Key Step Media - Leadership, Mindfulness, Emotional Intelligence. 2009-04-09.

References

  1. [1]
    "Michael Lerner". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  2. [2]
    Hess, David J. (1999). Evaluating Alternative Cancer Therapies: A Guide to the Science and Politics of an Emerging Medical Field. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-2594-5.
  3. [3]
    Guenther, Robin; Vittori, Gail (2008). Sustainable Healthcare Architecture. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-78404-3.
  4. [4]
    "Lerner — Collaborative for Health & Environment". www.healthandenvironment.org. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
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