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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 613 EAN: 9780595316267 ISBN: 0595316263 Label: iUniverse, Inc. Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 122 Publication Date: June 27, 2004 Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. Release Date: June 27, 2004 Studio: iUniverse, Inc. Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Physicians have been known as healers long before they could provide cures for common ailments, but the art of healing is rarely found in the current era of managed care and five-minute office visits. Patients cry out for a physician who "cares," someone who will take the time to listen to their complaints. In Healing Through Empathy, Dr. Francis Adams illustrates the vital importance of the doctor-patient relationship through seven of his patients' histories. In these life stories Dr. Adams describes the role of empathy in this vital relationship and illustrates how a physician's emotional response to his patient's illness may educate him rather than blur his thinking. Healing Through Empathy allows the reader to see into the mind of one physician as he seeks the best outcome for his patients' problems. Dr. Adams offers suggestions for choosing a physician, and challenges physicians and managed care institutions to restore the balance between technology and the art of medicine. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Daily Challenges of a New York City DoctorThe art of healing requires vital communication between physician and patient. ~Francis V. Adams, M.D. Being in a hospital can be a very disconcerting experience with different nurses almost daily and doctors who come by once a day to talk to you about your condition. Without family to visit, it can become a frustrating and lonely experience. For patients to heal they need someone to listen to their concerns and almost be an advocate for their health. The food in most hospitals I've ... Read More Rating: - A Doctor Who ListensDr. Adams is a pulmonologist in private practice in New York City as well as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York University. He gives here seven case studies of patients of his, all with serious illnesses, some whom he was able to help "heal," one who lived for many years after seeing him, a young woman who died quickly of lung cancer and a final patient who did not follow Dr. Adams' advice and died much sooner than she should have. Each of these case studies is interesting. ... Read More Rating: - better communicationDr Adams gives us a set of short but memorable vignettes of a few of his patients. In mostly non-technical language accessible to many readers, he tries to convey the tribulations these patients faced. Any why he empathised with them, as part of his practice. Instead of the latter being confined to a clinically detached diagnosis and treatment, as some of his peers might do. He urges that doctors spend more time "communicating" with patients. But in an era of managed care and the rise of HMOs, he ... Read More Rating:  - Case studies that enlighten and inform.Genre: Health/Wellness Healing through Empathy Francis. V. adams. M.D. Healing through Empathy is a collection of actual case histories, which demonstrate the importance of empathy in the diagnosis, treatment and outcome of disease. We are introduced to Louis Goodman, suffering from chronic snoring with sleep apnea, Mary Kelly a young woman with her entire life ahead of her, stricken with cancer and five other fascinating patients, all who benefit from a little old fashion caring on the ... Read More Rating: - Hope for the FutureAs someone with a chronic illness, I found hope for a better healthcare system while reading Healing Through Empathy. Dr. Adams' Healing Through Empathy crystallizes what is missing from today's healthcare. Fifty years ago, it was the healing hands of the physicians and nurses who gave patients compassionate care. Today technology, the 10 minute office visit, and the training of doctors not to become involved make compassionate care a rarity. After reading Dr. Adams' book, you know that empathy can override today's ... Read More 
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