Compassion's Way: A Doctor's Quest into the Soul of Medicine

Dr. Crawshaw, participant in the designing of the Oregon Health Plan, examines compassion in the practice of medicine and our everyday world against the backdrop of suffering as an inescapable element of human experience. In today's changing realm of medicine, Ralph Crawshaw, M.D. speaks for the patient, urging humanitarian treatment, respect, and compassion, as he emphasizes the necessity of preserving the patient-doctor relationship as a valuable asset to effective medical practice. "Compassion is an experience, not a concept," says Crawshaw. A superb writer and an activist in health and public policy, Crawshaw calls upon a breadth of disciplines, travels, and intersections with leaders in his field to delight the reader along in his experiences throughout his purposeful life. As one of the designers and passionate proponents of the Oregon Health Plan, he traveled the United States and abroad to proclaim its merits. In an accessible style, the author offers patients and doctors a far-reaching view of what compassion means. This book provides a springboard for communication in this essential area of medicine. It is a must read for health care professionals, designers and administrators of health care programs, and consumers. To order, call: (800) 500-8205 or write: MEDI-ED Press, #5 White Place, Bloomington, IL 61701.Ralph Crawshaw is the author of 'Compassion's Way: A Doctor's Quest into the Soul of Medicine' with ISBN 9780936741154 and ISBN 0936741155.