Cura Personalis, Cura communitas: Loving our neighbor in Covid-19 times

Authors

  • Jonathan Quick Management Sciences for Health & Harvard Medical School

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v7i5.495

Abstract

EDITORIAL

Author Biography

Jonathan Quick, Management Sciences for Health & Harvard Medical School

MD, MPH , Managing Director, Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, The Rockefeller Foundation. Duke Global Health Institute, Adjunct Professor of Global Health
Management Sciences for Health, Senior Fellow Emeritus, former President and CEO
Harvard Medical School,Instructor in Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Global Health Equity, Instructor in Medicine, Part-time.  Boston University School of Public Health, Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health (Health Services)

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2020-12-21

How to Cite

Quick, J. (2020). Cura Personalis, Cura communitas: Loving our neighbor in Covid-19 times. Christian Journal for Global Health, 7(5), 3–8. https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v7i5.495