![]() However, it is not intended to be read cover-to-cover in one sitting. The authors tout the book as “specific, practical, data-driven advice.” ![]() Exercise examples include using a gratitude journal, doing an exam room time study, or working on financial goals. Each chapter has an explanation about the advice, followed by exercises for the reader to work on. Smartly, the book is designed as a how-to manual, divided into 20 chapters and a series of appendices. ![]() This sets a tone that the physician will not be blamed but will be offered a series of practical tips for working more effectively within our broken health care system. The first and most important, as expressed in the first words in the book, is: “The system is broken, you don’t have to be” (p 1). The authors accomplish this by organizing their advice around 10 simple rules for clinician wellness. ![]() Rebekah Bernard, MD is a fellow family physician who has teamed up with clinical psychologist Steven Cohen, PsyD, to offer advice to colleagues about being more mindful, setting boundaries, and improving efficiency. If I were going to write a book on physician wellness, this is how I would do it. Publication Information: Rock Star Medicine Press (self-published), 2018, 247 pp., $18.95, paperback Book Title: Diagnosis Narratives and the Healing Ritual in Western Medicineīook Author: Rebekah Bernard, Steven Cohen ![]()
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