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Uncaring by Robert Pearl
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 Both parties blame our nation's outdated and dysfunctional healthcare system.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.
Robert Pearl, MD, is the president and CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group and the executive director and CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, which is responsible for the health care of 3.8 million Kaiser Permanente members. Dr. Pearl, named one of the most powerful physician-leaders in the country by Modern Healthcare, speaks at approximately 15 events per year for audiences of up to 10,000 people, organized by organizations such as the New England Journal of Medicine. He is a member of the Stanford faculty and has formerly taught at Duke, UC Berkeley, and Harvard. His Forbes.com column on health care's business and culture includes topics such as a conversation with Malcolm Gladwell, which has had over 500K views. Dr. Pearl has been featured in Time, ABC News, USA Today, and NPR, among other publications.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781541758278 |
| ISBN 10 | 1541758277 |
| Title | Uncaring |
| Author | Robert Pearl |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | PublicAffairs |
| Year published | 2021-05-18 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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