On Becoming a Healer

The Journey from Patient Care to Caring About Your Patients

De: Saul J. Weiner MD

Narrado por: Marlin May

Medical students and physicians-in-training embark on a long journey that, although steeped in scientific learning and technical skill building, includes little guidance on the emotional and interpersonal dimensions of becoming a healer. Written for anyone in the health care community who hopes to grow emotionally and cognitively in the way they interact with patients, On Becoming a Healer explains how to foster doctor-patient relationships that are mutually nourishing.

Dr. Saul J. Weiner, a physician-educator, argues that joy in medicine requires more than idealistic aspirations - it demands a capacity to see past the "otherness" that separates the well from the sick, the professional in a white coat from the disheveled patient in a hospital gown. Weiner scrutinizes the medical school indoctrination process and explains how it molds the physician's mindset into that of a task completer rather than a thoughtful professional. Taking a personal approach, Weiner describes his own journey to becoming an internist and pediatrician while offering concrete advice on how to take stock of your current development as a physician, how to openly and fully engage with patients, and how to establish clear boundaries that help defuse emotionally charged situations.

The book is published by Johns Hopkins University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

©2020 Johns Hopkins University Press (P)2020 Redwood Audiobooks

Reseñas de la Crítica

"A compelling and very useful book full of sage advice." (Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD, Case Western Reserve University)

"Brilliant. On Becoming a Healer exemplifies a transformative view of medical education." (Joseph F. O'Donnell, MD, Emeritus Professor, Dartmouth Medical School)

"A must-read for health professionals, for anyone considering or going through medical training, and for those who accompany them along the way." (Ronald Epstein, MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry)

Excellent!!!!!

I am not a doctor but I am a patient from time to time. This book is so eye opening on what its like to be a physician and what its like to be patient. The book marries the idea of when the patient and the physician are on the same page. Thats' when true healing can happen. This book I think should be a mandatory read for physicians.