What Doctors Feel
Book description
“A fascinating journey into the heart and mind of a physician” that explores the doctor-patient relationship, the flaws in our health care system, and how doctors’ emotions impact medical care (Boston Globe)
While much has been written about the minds and methods of the medical professionals who save our lives,…
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Why read it?
1 author picked What Doctors Feel as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book does a great job of reminding non-doctors that physicians are not robots or heroes but human beings who put their pants on like everyone else.
Doctors are people with a full range of emotions, insecurities, and doubt. Ofri draws on stories from her own training and practice that show how feelings generate the necessary empathy needed in the practice of medicine, but if left unexamined, can also lead to terrible harm.
From Jessica's list on understanding the physician mind.
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