5/29/2023 0 Comments In shock by dr rana awdish![]() ![]() Part of it is the admittedly clunky and buggy system, the glitches in what is still pretty new technology. ![]() Then there’s delays in reporting results, errors in prescriptions, endless difficulty with tests and studies… It feels like there is way more of this crap then there ever used to be. By reach, they mean connect with someone who is interested and able to help them with whatever problem or request they have. Endless patients have complained–some in tears– about how difficult it is to reach anyone in our clinic. ![]() A lot of this is due to our admittedly clunky and buggy system. Specifically, I had been increasingly bogged down and frustrated with clinical care. This year, I began questioning my role and purpose in medicine. ![]() The long (and personal) version: I have been an attending physician and instructor for a decade now. If you take care of people, go get this book and read it now. The short version: This is a must-read for all healthcare providers, and the best book on patient-provider communication that exists to date. It’s being incorporated into the curricula at several medical schools, and is used in healthcare provider communication courses all over the world. In Shock by physician author Rana Awdish was just published in October 2017, and already this remarkable memoir has garnered widespread praise from patients and providers alike. ![]()
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