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If I betray these words : moral injury in medicine and why it's so hard for clinicians to put patients first Cover Image

If I betray these words : moral injury in medicine and why it's so hard for clinicians to put patients first / Wendy Dean, M.D. with Simon Talbot, M.D.

Dean, Wendy, (author.). Talbot, Simon G., (author.).

Summary:

"Offering examples of how to make medicine better for the healers and those they serve, If I Betray These Words profiles clinicians across the country who are tough, resourceful, and resilient, but feel trapped between the patient-first values of their Hippocratic oath and the business imperatives of a broken healthcare system"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781586423544
ISBN: 1586423541
Physical Description: viii, 291 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Lebanon, New Hampshire : Steerforth Press, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-287).
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: What beer and modern healthcare have in common -- Timeless principles, changing times -- Profits before people -- Losing connection -- Dr. Sisyphus -- Mental health is health -- Broken -- Escaping corporate control -- Communities destroyed -- Costs and benefits -- Empowering physicians -- Our oath is nonnegotiable -- Showdown -- A transformational leader -- Conclusion.