Healing America by Roger J Bulger
In this book a physician long involved in health policy issues at the national level presents a wise, achievable vision for American health care. From his wide ranging professional experiences and his personal experiences with three life threatening illnesses, he charts a uniquely American "epidemiology of hope" that flows from the country's vast medical research investments and technology transfer capabilities; challenges patients and health professionals alike to recognize a central decision making role for the patient on the healing team; and offers thought-provoking insights into physician-patient communication, the placebo effect, suffering, dealing with death and dying, and the nature of the social contract between those in the healing business and those seeking to be healed. Most important, after provocatively grading American health care from B-plus to D in relation to hope, mercy, justice, and autonomy, the book proposes a new metric, the Organizational Therapeutic Index (OTI), for assessing and improving our health care system.
"I like this book, and particularly its emphasis on the human role a good doctor must play" -- Michael Dukakis, former governor of Massachusetts, Distinguished Professor Political Science, Northeastern University "One of America's most outstanding physicians and medical educators writes about his experience as a patient and how the lessons he has learned can help to guide health system reform. Roger conveys lessons out of his experience as a patient -- lessons which should help to shape our future and the future of our health system. This is a great book. It can change the way we think and act." -- David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., Director, The Satcher Health Leadership Institute and Center of Excellence on Health Disparities, and 16th Surgeon General of the United States
Dr. Roger J. Bulger, an academic physician, researcher, educator, administrator, and lately a patient, has spent his career exploring the connections among human values, health care and health policy. Among his previous publications are the books In Search of the Modern Hippocrates, Technology, Bureaucracy, and Healing in America, The Quest for Mercy - the Forgotten Ingredient in Health Care Reform, and three major policy studies he led for the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781935212218 |
| ISBN 10 | 1935212214 |
| Title | Healing America |
| Author | Roger J Bulger |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Easton Studio Press |
| Year published | 2010-08-24 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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