Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients

By: Robert Pearl

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Synopsis: Doctors are taught how to cure people. But they don&’t always know how to care for them.Hardly anyone is happy with American healthcare these days. Patients are getting sicker and going bankrupt from medical bills. Doctors are burning out and making dangerous mistakes. Both parties blame our nation&’s outdated and dysfunctional healthcare system. But that&’s only part of the problem.In this important and timely book, Dr. Robert Pearl shines a light on the unseen and often toxic culture of medicine. Today&’s physicians have a surprising disdain for technology, an unhealthy obsession with status, and an increasingly complicated relationship with their patients. All of this can be traced back to their earliest experiences in medical school, where doctors inherit a set of norms, beliefs, and expectations that shape almost every decision they make, with profound consequences for the rest of us.Uncaring draws an original and revealing portrait of what it&’s actually like to be a doctor. It illuminates the complex and intimidating world of medicine for readers, and in the end offers a clear plan to save American healthcare.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 400 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781541758254
Related ISBNs:: 9781541758278
Publisher:: PublicAffairs
Date of Addition:: 06/16/21
Copyrighted By:: Robert Pearl
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Psychology, Medicine, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.