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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.
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
About the Author