Peter A. Ubel
Autor de Free Market Madness: Why Human Nature is at Odds with Economics--and Why it Matters
Sobre El Autor
Peter A. Ubel is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, and faculty member at the University's Center for Bioethics
Obras de Peter A. Ubel
Free Market Madness: Why Human Nature is at Odds with Economics--and Why it Matters (2009) 49 copias
Critical Decisions: How You and Your Doctor Can Make the Right Medical Choices Together (2012) 22 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- male
Miembros
Reseñas
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 7
- Miembros
- 107
- Popularidad
- #180,615
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 18
- Idiomas
- 3
This book frankly illustrates the potential issues with making stressful medical decisions. It also illustrates reasons, beyond "they might sue," that doctors should care about educating their patients. He also gives some solid resources for dealing with decision-making, and a helpful list at the back to help patients know what to do.
He overlooks one point, though. Who has money to spend on these extra appointments? Obviously him. But few people and fewer of the people who end up being frequent visitors in the office have that type of money.
I was rather miffed in one thing, though. While he validly points out that one problem might be that MDs and DOs are uninformed when it comes to what patients would prefer, he can't really rid himself of biased viewpoint that patients really don't know what's best/what they want unless they've listened to the Dr. And I didn't like this condescension-ist way of looking at/writing about people. Some (a lot) of patients are really smart. Others just need the knowledge that they are responsible and accountable and they'll step up to the plate.… (más)