Dear Doctor: What Doctors Don't Ask, What Patients Need to Say
Mar 2021 · Broadleaf Books
Ebook
192
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About this ebook
In the form of an open letter from patients to their doctors, spiritual writer and professor of medical humanities Marilyn McEntyre brings to light the hidden fears, desperate needs, deepest hopes, and heartfelt truths that many feel doctors overlook in their approach to health care. It's a clarion call for doctors to attend to the whole person and listen deeply, rather than rush to assess a set of symptoms. And it's a letter that informs doctors of the many things that patients already know about themselves and their health.
Engaging and candid, Dear Doctor covers the basics of how patients view their time with doctors, how they want doctors to collaborate on health issues, and even how patients bring their faith and spirituality to their view of their health and their bodies. Ultimately, this book is an important first step to begin a dialogue between two communities that often have a very large disconnect.
About the author
Marilyn McEntyre is a spiritual writer, speaker and professor of medical humanities and American literature. A graduate of UC Davis and of Princeton, she has won several outstanding teaching awards. She is invested in helping heal the planet and doesn't think we can do that without imagination, compassion, humility, and a massive paradigm shift. McEntyre lives in Carmichael, California.
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