In the current healthcare crisis, is it possible to rethink the way we do things?
Australian healthcare systems are stretched and cracking. There are never-ending reports of unacceptable delays, a lack of resources, poor culture, and skyrocketing burnout rates. The problems are overwhelming and appear insurmountable.
From Hurting to Healing takes you inside the often-closed doors of hospitals, healthcare, and medical culture into an environment where practices that have worked brilliantly in the past are now breaking down.
Dr Simon Craig, an experienced medical leader, offers insights, initiatives, and inspiration to try and repair the damaged and damaging healthcare systems that currently exist. This moving study reveals that our crumbling healthcare institutions are failing in what should be at the heart of healthcare: caring for each other.
Dr Craig outlines his vision of a new way; A kinder and more humanistic approach that can help transform the devastation that exists in health today.
From Hurting to Healing reveals the extent of the distress, imagines an alternative future, and delivers to healthcare leaders a guidebook to begin recreating a part of society that is vital to us all.
Table of Content
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Ch 1. Introducing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Ch 2. Damaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Ch 3. Measuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Ch 4. Existing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ch 5. Leading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Ch. 6. Communicating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Ch. 7. Becoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Ch. 8. Belonging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Ch. 9. Imagining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Ch. 10. Motivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Ch. 11. Evolving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
CH. 12. Concluding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
The Last Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
About the author
Dr Simon Craig is a medical doctor who has specialised in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, working in both the public and private health systems. In addition to clinical roles, Dr Craig has been heavily involved with leadership and teaching. Guiding the development of junior staff and creating teams have been some of his greatest joys. With further study in conflict resolution and well-being science in the form of a Masters of Positive Psychology, Dr Craig’s career and experience has turned to coaching and the optimisation of organisational culture. His work can be accessed through www.posmed.com.au and he can be contacted through that site or at [email protected].
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