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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword
List of Contributors
Introduction
1. The Practice of Medicine
The Importance of Being
Rethinking the Traditional Doctor’s Visit
In the Safety Net: A Tale of Ticking Clocks and Tricky Diagnoses
The Personal Toll of Practicing Medicine
2. Medical Innovation and Research
Cancer, Our Genes, and the Anxiety of Risk-Based Medicine
Beating a Cancer Death Sentence
A Black Alzheimer’s Patient Wants to Be Part of the Cure
3. Patient-Centered Care
“Nothing Is Broken”: For an Injured Doctor, Quality-Focused Care Misses the Mark
The Battle of the Bundle: Lessons from My Mother’s Partial Hip Replacement
Even in an Emergency, Doctors Must Make Informed Consent an Informed Choice
4. The Doctor-Patient Relationship
How to Win the Doctor Lottery
At the VA, Healing the Doctor-Patient Relationship
When Patients Mentor Doctors: The Story of One Vital Bond
5. Disparities and Discrimination
“Go Back to California”: When Providers Fail Transgender Patients
A Simple Case of Chest Pain: Sensitizing Doctors to Patients with Disabilities
Grasping at the Moon: Enhancing Access to Careers in the Health Professions
Bridging the Divide between Dental and Medical Care
In Rural Towns, Immigrant Doctors Fill a Critical Need
An Uninsured Immigrant Delays Needed Care
6. Aging and End-of-Life Care
“I Don’t Want Jenny to Think I’m Abandoning Her”: Views on Overtreatment
The Fall: Aligning the Best Care with Standards of Care at the End of Life
Getting It Right at the End of Life
The Evolving Moral Landscape of Palliative Care
Necessary Steps: How Health Care Fails Older Patients, and How It Can Be Done Better
A Family Disease: Witnessing Firsthand the Toll that Dementia Takes on Caregivers
7. Maternity and Childbirth
Watching the Clock: A Mother’s Hope for a Natural Birth in a Cesarean Culture
In the “Gray Zone,” a Doctor Faces Tough Decisions on Infant Resuscitation
Reversing the Rise in Maternal Mortality
8. Opioids and Substance Abuse
Down the Rabbit Hole: A Chronic Pain Sufferer Navigates the Maze of Opioid Use
In Opioid Withdrawal, with No Help in Sight
The Fine Line between Doctoring and Dealing
Intoxicated, Homeless, and in Need of a Place to Land
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