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What doctors feel : how emotions affect the practice of medicine / Danielle Ofri, MD.
"By shedding light on how doctors cope with the stresses and responsibilities of patients, colleagues, lawyers, and their personal lives, she explains why it is important that patients know how emotions influence the way physicians treat their patients both medically and interpersonally. Exploring the full range of human emotion--from the fear of making a fatal mistake to the pride and elation of triumphing over death, What Doctors Feel allows patients at the other end of the stethoscope to have a good listen to the beat of the emotional life behind the white coat."--Beacon Press.
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- ISBN: 9780807033302
- ISBN: 0807033308
- Physical Description: 224 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2013.
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| General Note: | "Published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations"--back of title page. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Physicians > Psychology. Physician and patient. Medical personnel and patient. Interprofessional relations. Interpersonal communication. Empathy. |
| Topic Heading: | General Reading |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Gibsons Public Library | 610.695 OFRI (Text) | 30886001094446 | Adult Nonfiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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"By shedding light on how doctors cope with the stresses and responsibilities of patients, colleagues, lawyers, and their personal lives, she explains why it is important that patients know how emotions influence the way physicians treat their patients both medically and interpersonally. Exploring the full range of human emotion--from the fear of making a fatal mistake to the pride and elation of triumphing over death, What Doctors Feel allows patients at the other end of the stethoscope to have a good listen to the beat of the emotional life behind the white coat."--Beacon Press. - Random House, Inc.
âA fascinating journey into the heart and mind of a physicianâ that explores the doctor-patient relationship, the flaws in our health care system, and how doctorsâ emotions impact medical care (Boston Globe)
While much has been written about the minds and methods of the medical professionals who save our lives, precious little has been said about their emotions. Physicians are assumed to be objective, rational beings, easily able to detach as they guide patients and families through some of lifeâs most challenging moments. But understanding doctorsâ emotional responses to the life-and-death dramas of everyday practice can make all the difference on giving and getting the best medical care.
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Digging deep into the lives of doctors, Dr. Danielle Ofri examines the daunting range of emotionsâshame, anger, empathy, frustration, hope, pride, occasionally despair, and sometimes even loveâthat permeate the contemporary doctor-patient connection. Drawing on scientific studies, including some surprising research, Dr. Ofri offers up an unflinching look at the impact of emotions on health care.
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Dr. Ofri takes us into the swirling heart of patient care, telling stories of caregivers caught up and occasionally torn down by the whirlwind life of doctoring. She admits to the humiliation of an error that nearly killed one of her patients. She mourns when a beloved patient is denied a heart transplant. She tells the riveting stories of an intern traumatized when she is forced to let a newborn die in her arms, and of a doctor whose daily glass of wine to handle the frustrations of the ER escalates into a destructive addiction. Ofri also reveals that doctors cope through gallows humor, find hope in impossible situations, and surrender to ecstatic happiness when they triumph over illness.
