The Finest Traditions of My Calling: One Physicianâ s Search for the Renewal of Medicine

Abraham M. Nussbaum

ISBN 10: 0300211406 / ISBN 13: 9780300211405

Verlag: Yale University Press (edition 1), 2016

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It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0300211406-11-1

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Finest Traditions of My Calling: One Physicianâ s Search for the Renewal of Medicine
• Verlag: Yale University Press (edition 1)
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0300211406
• ISBN-13: 9780300211405
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1.
• Zustand: Good

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Inhaltsangabe

A deeply concerned physician reflects on today’s doctor-patient relationships and offers a compelling vision of a better way to practice medicine

Patients and doctors alike are keenly aware that the medical world is in the midst of great change. We live in an era of continuous healthcare reforms, many of which focus on high volume, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. This compelling, thoughtful book is the response of a practicing psychiatrist who explains how population-based reforms have diminished the relationship between doctors and patients, to the detriment of both. As an antidote to failed reforms and an alternative to stubbornly held traditions, Dr. Abraham M. Nussbaum suggests ways that doctors and patients can learn what it means to be ill and to seek medical assistance.
 
Using a variety of riveting stories from his own and others’ experiences, the author develops a series of metaphors to explore a doctor’s role in different healthcare reform scenarios: scientist, technician, author, gardener, teacher, servant, and witness. Each role influences what a physician sees when examining a person as a patient. Dr. Nussbaum cautions that true healthcare reform can happen only when those who practice medicine can see, and be seen by, their patients as fellow creatures. His memoir makes a hopeful appeal for change, and his insights reveal the direction that change must take.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Abraham M. Nussbaum, M.D., is the Chief Education Officer at Denver Health and is an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He lives in Denver, CO.