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Mistreated

by Robert Pearl
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The biggest problem in American health care is us
Do you know how to tell good health care from bad health care? Guess again. As patients, we wrongly assume the "best" care is dependent mainly on the newest medications, the most complex treatments, and the smartest doctors. But Americans look for health-care solutions in the wrong places. For example, hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved each year if doctors reduced common errors and maximized preventive medicine.
For Dr. Robert Pearl, these kinds of mistakes are a matter of professional importance, but also personal significance: he lost his own father due in part to poor communication and treatment planning by doctors. And consumers make costly mistakes too: we demand modern information technology from our banks, airlines, and retailers, but we passively accept last century's technology in our health care.
Solving the challenges of health care starts with understanding these problems. Mistreated explains why subconscious misperceptions are so common in medicine, and shows how modifying the structure, technology, financing, and leadership of American health care could radically improve quality outcomes. This important book proves we can overcome our fears and faulty assumptions, and provides a roadmap for a better, healthier future.
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Publisher: PublicAffairs

Kindle Book

  • ISBN: 9781610399074
  • Release date: May 2, 2017

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781610397667
  • File size: 1404 KB
  • Release date: May 2, 2017

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781610397667
  • File size: 1404 KB
  • Release date: May 2, 2017

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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Medical Nonfiction

Languages

English

The biggest problem in American health care is us
Do you know how to tell good health care from bad health care? Guess again. As patients, we wrongly assume the "best" care is dependent mainly on the newest medications, the most complex treatments, and the smartest doctors. But Americans look for health-care solutions in the wrong places. For example, hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved each year if doctors reduced common errors and maximized preventive medicine.
For Dr. Robert Pearl, these kinds of mistakes are a matter of professional importance, but also personal significance: he lost his own father due in part to poor communication and treatment planning by doctors. And consumers make costly mistakes too: we demand modern information technology from our banks, airlines, and retailers, but we passively accept last century's technology in our health care.
Solving the challenges of health care starts with understanding these problems. Mistreated explains why subconscious misperceptions are so common in medicine, and shows how modifying the structure, technology, financing, and leadership of American health care could radically improve quality outcomes. This important book proves we can overcome our fears and faulty assumptions, and provides a roadmap for a better, healthier future.
Expand title description text
Medical Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    PublicAffairs

    Kindle Book
    ISBN: 9781610399074
    Release date: May 2, 2017

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781610397667
    File size: 1404 KB
    Release date: May 2, 2017

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781610397667
    File size: 1404 KB
    Release date: May 2, 2017

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
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