Our health care system is sick. We live in an era of factory style medicine, spiralling costs, complex and chronic conditions, and doctors at the heart of it under pressure as never before. Witnessing worrying burnout in her doctor husband, Lucy Mayes went on a quest to find out what is really going on behind the scenes in medicine.
Lucy asked doctors on the front lines how they make meaning in their work, what quality medicine looks like to them, and what their hopes are for the future of medicine. What emerged were consistent messages about elements of practice that the culture and systems of medicine still struggle to understand and support: the power of humanism; compassion; listening; the therapeutic relationship; preventative care; the doctors’ own wellbeing journey; and mind-body plus other holistic understandings of health and healing.
Contributors are generalist and specialist doctors from Australia, New Zealand and beyond, and include some nationally and internationally renown health care reformists including Dr David Reilly (Scotland), Professor Vikram Patel (India & USA), Dr Robin Youngson (NZ), Dr Catherine Crock (Australia) and Dr Vicki Kotsirilos (Australia).
Beyond the Stethoscope is for doctors, patients and for those who work in or have an interest in healthcare. It will leave readers shocked, moved and inspired by the struggles, wisdom and insights of those who sit before them in that most ancient and intimate of humanist exchanges: that of the doctor and patient.
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Foreword - Associate Professor Craig Hassed
Introduction
Chapters
1 - Let’s talk honestly - Dr Nina Sawicki, General Practitioner
2 - Don’t fix the dead wood - Dr David Reilly, Consultant Physician & Healthcare Reformist
3 - A 65, 000 year-long randomised controlled trial, unpublished - Dr Mark Wenitong, Aboriginal Medical Advisor
4 - “Excuse me, has the liver got a name?” - Dr Elizabeth Lewis, Psychiatrist
5 - The Poetry of Medicine - Dr Glenn Colquhoun, General Practitioner and Poet
6 - Meaning and medicine - Dr Brian Broom, Immunologist, Psychotherapist, Lecturer and Author
7 - A witness and an ally - Dr Katie Moore, Paediatric Oncologist
8 - “The best of my knowledge and ability” - Dr Tralee Sugrue, General Practitioner and Homeopath
9 - Putting the patient at the centre - Dr Catherine Crock AM, Physician and Founder of The Hush Foundation
10 - To be vulnerable is to be strong - Dr Mark Davis, Psychiatrist
11 - Lifestyle and prevention: the future - Associate Professor Vicki Kotsirilos AM, Holistic General Practitioner and Health Leader
12 - Healer, heal thyself - Dr Meaburn Staniland, General Practitioner
13 - Hearts in Healthcare - Dr Robin Youngson, Anaesthetist, Author & Co-Founder of Hearts in Healthcare
14 - The joy of being a generalist - Dr Veronica Moule, General Practitioner Obstetrician and Homeopath
15 - Open hearted surgeon - Dr Sharad Paul, Surgeon, Author and Teacher
16 - “I’ll look after your child” - Dr Peter Howe, Paediatric Anaesthetist
17 - Clowning, curiosity and a love of people - Dr John Barton, General Practitioner and Psychotherapist
18 - Islands of rebellion – Islands of empowerment - Professor Vikram Patel, Psychiatrist and International Mental Health Innovator
19 - Korero - Dr Jenny Simpson, General Practitioner
20 - East meets West - Dr Joan Campbell, General Practitioner and Traditional Chinese Medical Practitioner
21 - Time to care - Dr Liz Harding, General Practitioner
22 - Get real and feel - Dr Melvyn Polon, Paediatrician
23 - Crazy Socks Doc - Dr Geoffrey Toogood, Cardiologist & Doctors’ Mental Health Advocate
24 - “First do no harm” - Dr Robin Kelly, General Practitioner, Acupuncturist & Author
25 - Dancing Doctor - Dr Richard Mayes, General Practitioner-Obstetrician & Medical Educator
Contributor Profiles
Further Reading
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Lucy Mayes is a trained lawyer, social worker and company director. She works as a leadership, community and organisational development consultant, and story catcher. Her writing has been published in literary and academic journals and she is a sought-after speaker and facilitator. Lucy has served on several not for profit Boards and has worked in leadership development for over 20 years. Her innovative work in leadership has led to her being awarded a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship, and being Victorian runner up of the prestigious Australian Rural Women’s Award in 2008, sponsored by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. Lucy lives in Central Victoria, Australia where she is a proud and passionate mother, wife and community member. Her interest in the medical profession stems from her role as ‘doctor’s wife, ‘ and also from a former life practicing medical litigation law, and a lifetime interest in human systems and purpose and wellbeing at work.Больше книг от того же автора (ов) / редактор
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