Sound Health Options - Ttmg & Sharry Edwards

A Stage III+ throat cancer survivor, Lee Tomlinson shares intimacy and urgency in his experience with a healthcare system so lacking in compassion it had him considering suicide, and how one simple moment of compassion from a physician saved his life. Lee's book; Compassion Heals: From Self-Care to Healthcare serves as a reminder to all of us, but especially to those working in healthcare—the doctors, nurses, caretakers, administrators—of the necessity of providing treatment equally competent and compassionate to ensure the best possible patient outcomes. Through compelling, scientific evidence and deeply moving personal experiences, Lee explores: The irrefutable and overwhelming evidence that compassion saves lives and measurably improves both patient and provider healthHealthcare professional burnout—its cause, how it destroys one’s ability to provide compassionate care, and how to recover from itWhy 50 percent of patients today believe their healthcare professionals and the healthcare system lack compass