Drawn from the popular "Narrative Matters" column in the journal
Health Affairs, these essays embody a vision for a health care
system that centers the humanity of patients and doctors alike.
Health care decision making affects patients and families first and
foremost, yet their perspectives are not always factored into
health policy deliberations and discussions. In this anthology,
Jessica Bylander brings together the personal stories of the
patients, physicians, caregivers, policy makers, and others whose
writings add much-needed human context to health care decision
making. Drawn from the popular "Narrative Matters" column in the
leading health policy journal Health Affairs, this collection
features essays by some of the leading minds in health care today,
including Pulitzer Prize-winner Siddhartha Mukherjee, MacArthur
fellow Diane Meier, former Planned Parenthood president Leana S.
Wen, and former secretary of health and human services Louis W.
Sullivan. The collection also presents important stories from
lesser-known voices, including a transgender doctor in Oklahoma who
calls for better treatment of trans patients and a palliative care
physician who reflects on how perspectives on hastening death have
changed in recent years. A foreword written by National Humanities
Medal recipient Abraham Verghese, MD, further rounds out the book.
The collection of thirty-two essays is organized around several
themes: * the practice of medicine * medical innovation and
research * patient-centered care * the doctor-patient relationship
* disparities and discrimination * aging and end-of-life care *
maternity and childbirth * opioids and substance abuse
Contributors: Louise Aronson, Laura Arrowsmith, Cheryl Bettigole,
Cindy Brach, Gary Epstein-Lubow, Jonathan Friedlaender, Patricia
Gabow, Katti Gray, Yasmin Sokkar Harker, Timothy Hoff, Carla
Keirns, Raya Elfadel Kheirbek, Katy B. Kozhimannil, Pooja
Lagisetty, Maria Maldonado, Maureen A. Mavrinac, Diane E. Meier,
Dina Keller Moss, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Donna Jackson Nakazawa,
Travis N. Rieder, Aroonsiri Sangarlangkarn, Elaine Schattner,
Janice Lynch Schuster, Myrick C. Shinall, Gayathri Subramanian,
Louis W. Sullivan, Gautham K. Suresh, Abraham Verghese, Otis
Warren, Leana S. Wen, Charlotte Yeh
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