9780300227048-0300227043-The Finest Traditions of My Calling: One Physician's Search for the Renewal of Medicine

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

ISBN-13: 9780300227048
ISBN-10: 0300227043
Edition: Reprint
Author: Abraham M. Nussbaum M. D.
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback 320 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780300227048
ISBN-10: 0300227043
Edition: Reprint
Author: Abraham M. Nussbaum M. D.
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback 320 pages

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The Finest Traditions of My Calling: One Physician's Search for the Renewal of Medicine (ISBN-13: 9780300227048 and ISBN-10: 0300227043), written by authors Abraham M. Nussbaum M. D., was published by Yale University Press in 2017. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other Medical (Professionals & Academics, Health Care Delivery, Administration & Medicine Economics, Doctor-Patient Relations, Medicine, Reference) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Finest Traditions of My Calling: One Physician's Search for the Renewal of Medicine (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Medical books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.32.

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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.
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