Main description:

Our current healthcare system is sick, and the cure is simple: We need to bring compassion back to healthcare. In The Cutting Edge of Compassion, board-certified orthopedic surgeon Dr. Barry Rose reflects on how physicians and patients can create the best healing outcomes by appreciating personality differences, addressing fear, being open to Eastern and Western medical philosophies, and working together to address insurance, legal, and pharmaceutical obstacles to optimal care.

Rose presents a compassionate vision for healthcare where health professionals and patients work together to heal. The Cutting Edge of Compassion will open your eyes and your heart and reveal that compassionate healthcare is possible when patients and health professionals work together to achieve it.

Dr. Barry Rose is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and chief of orthopedic surgery and surgical division head for the Alameda division of the Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group, one of the largest multi-specialty groups in California. He resides in San Francisco with his wife Rose.

Contents:

Introduction: In the Beginning

Part 1: Called to Care

The Responsibility

The Influence

The Dream

The Grind

Real Patients

Ego and Compassion in the Operating Room

The New Physician Graduates

Part 2: Healing the Physician/Patient Relationship

The Practice of Medicine

Avoiding the Terrible Triad: Ego, Greed, and Fear

Finding Balance

Appreciating Allied Health

Addressing Personality Differences in Patients and Physicians

Part 3: Healing Our Healthcare System

The Need for Patient Advocates

Integrating Eastern and Western Medicine

The Insurance Industry

The Legal System

The Pharmaceutical Industry

Conclusion: A Vision for Compassionate Healthcare

Acknowledgements

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