About the Book
Why is the growing crisis of chronic homelessness, and its associated cost, so misunderstood and mismanaged?
If there was ever a time to address the chronically unhoused and bridge the gap between our ideals and actions, it is now. Drawing on years of experience caring for homeless populations, public health physician Brian Klausner, MD, shares the profoundly human stories hiding behind the statistics, weaving powerful accounts of resilience, childhood trauma, and its lasting effects into a bold examination of a preventable tragedy-one that drains taxpayer dollars, polarizes communities, and costs lives.
This thought-provoking and compassionate book challenges us to confront reflexive biases and rethink our approach to homelessness. Klausner delivers a science-backed call to action, urging us to unite around shared values and build a more humane, effective society.
Within In the Gaps, you'll discover:
Strategies to understand chronic homelessness, the roots of trauma, and the solutions grounded in our shared ideals and values.
Insights into the personal and financial toll of suffering and the systemic failures of American healthcare to address its associated poor outcomes.
Tools to overcome reflexive dehumanization and align with our true individual, familial, and spiritual values.
Ways to resist societal polarization in media and politics that distract from shared principles and goals.
Recent neurobiological findings on trauma's impact on the brain, our predisposition to dehumanization, and how to cultivate empathy.
How millions of Americans-both in healthcare and beyond-can unite around a common goal, and more.
In the Gaps is a thought-provoking dive into how we can collectively shift our culture. If you like enlightening conversations, being challenged for the greater good, and scientific exposition, then you'll love Brian Klausner's in-depth and inspirational message.
About the Author :
Brian Klausner, MD, has spent his career caring for high-risk patients experiencing homelessness on the streets and in the clinics of Boston, Massachusetts, and Raleigh, North Carolina.
Review :
"This book will inflame your heart, stimulate your mind, and ultimately challenge us all to embrace our shared ideals of respect, altruism, and love for one another."
-JIM O'CONNELL, MD, president, Boston Health Care for the Homeless, assistant professor, Harvard Medical School, and subject of Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder
"Dr. Klausner weaves a story of the unhoused that humanizes those who perhaps bear the greatest brunt of society's ills, those that most of us choose not to see."
-LAURA GERALD, MD, MPH, president, Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
"Dr. Brian Klausner takes readers on an engaging and at times heartrending journey to the front lines of chronic homelessness in America, sharing his experiences caring for some of the nation's most vulnerable patients and exploring the broader forces that are shaping this national crisis."
-NOAM LEVEY, senior correspondent, KFF Health News
"After wiping tears from my face numerous times, I had to process the stories and wisdom shared by Dr. Brian Klausner in this must-read book."
-MARY-ANN BALDWIN, mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina
"Whether you are a healthcare professional, a civic leader, or just someone who stares in disbelief at the plight of those living on the street, you need to read this book to truly understand where to start to fix the gaps in our humanity."
-MATTHEW NATHAN, MD, former Surgeon General, United States Navy
"This book is essential reading for those of us wanting to understand the complexities of caring for the unhoused."
-KATHY IZARD, author, The Hundred Story Home and Trust the Whisper
"A compelling and immensely readable book about the plight of the forgotten from a doctor who has spent a lifetime knowing them."
-SHANTANU NUNDY, MD, Chief Health Officer Accolade and author, Care After Covid
