Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (936 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01MY70BJ5 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 497 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Epstein builds on his world-renowned, innovative programs in mindful practice and uses gripping and deeply human stories from clinical practice to give patients a language to describe what they most value in health care and to outline a road map for doctors and other health care professionals to refocus their approach to medicine. Drawing on his clinical experiences and current research, and exploring four foundations of mindfulness - attention, curiosity, beginner's mind, and presence - Dr. The commodification of health care has shifted doctors' focus away from the healing of patients to the bottom line. In that same rotation, Epstein was awestruck by another surgeon's ability to slow down and shift between autopilot and intentionality. Epstein introduces a revolutionary concept: By looking inward, health care p
I highly recommend this book to any health care provider who wants Amazon Customer In a world where patient satisfaction (Press-Ganey results) determines profit, health care providers would be foolish to ignore the invaluable information Dr Epstein provides. As a nursing professor, I am recommending this book to all of my students. Dr. Epstein provides very practical tips that practitioners can use with patients that will improve the care. "A stellar contribution to medicine and mindfulness!" according to jbw257. Dr Epstein has managed to synthesize an easily accesible, clearly- written exploration of the infinite ways mindfulness- based skills benefit the medical practitioner, our patients, and eventually, the system. As one with a lot of experience in medicine and mindfulness both, I whole-heartedly applaud this gem of a book, many times over! This will undoubtedl. Connects the mind and the heart for real health care improvement Jeanne Jemison MD This book is extremely readable, for a medical or lay audience, and is also footnoted and well referenced. Epstein makes clear that mindfulness is not ‘touchy, feely” but an avenue toward improving performance whether in the midst of surgery, diagnostic dilemmas, or challenging conversations with patients.