34 Books like Compassionomics

The Inner Consultation

by Roger Neighbour • 2015

When the voice in your head goes quiet, the patient finally gets heard. A consultation method.

4.02

🩺 Clinical Communication 💬 Patient-Centered Care 🧘 Mindful Practice 🪞 Reflective Practice 💆 Clinician Wellbeing

The Inner Consultation 95%

When the voice in your head goes quiet, the patient finally gets heard. A consultation method.

by Roger Neighbour 2015

4.02

46 ratings

🩺 Clinical Communication 💬 Patient-Centered Care 🧘 Mindful Practice 🪞 Reflective Practice 💆 Clinician Wellbeing

The Anatomy of Hope

by Jerome Groopman • 2003

Hope blocks pain through its own neurochemistry. A physician on why doctors must stop crushing it.

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📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Doctor-Patient Bond 🧠 Mind-Body Healing 🌟 Psychology Of Hope 💊 Placebo Response

The Anatomy of Hope 95%

Hope blocks pain through its own neurochemistry. A physician on why doctors must stop crushing it.

by Jerome Groopman 2003

4.03

2k+ ratings

📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Doctor-Patient Bond 🧠 Mind-Body Healing 🌟 Psychology Of Hope 💊 Placebo Response

Mindful Medicine

by Jan Chozen Bays • 2022

Healing from burnout fits between patients. Forty practices to restore purpose, no time added.

4.15

🩺 Burnout Recovery 💙 Compassion Fatigue 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation 🤲 Self-Compassion 🔄 Micro-Habits

Mindful Medicine 94%

Healing from burnout fits between patients. Forty practices to restore purpose, no time added.

by Jan Chozen Bays 2022

4.15

40 ratings

🩺 Burnout Recovery 💙 Compassion Fatigue 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation 🤲 Self-Compassion 🔄 Micro-Habits

Every Deep-Drawn Breath

by Wes Ely • 2021

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

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🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Medical Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care

Every Deep-Drawn Breath 94%

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

by Wes Ely 2021

4.35

2k+ ratings

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Medical Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care

Doctored

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2014

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

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🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Economics

Doctored 94%

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2014

3.61

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Economics

How Do You Feel?

by Jessi Gold • 2024

Medicine trained her to suppress emotion. Treating COVID-burned doctors forced her to feel again.

4.07

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🏥 Medical Culture 🔥 Healthcare Burnout 🎭 Medical Stoicism 💔 Compassion Fatigue 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

How Do You Feel? 94%

Medicine trained her to suppress emotion. Treating COVID-burned doctors forced her to feel again.

by Jessi Gold 2024

4.07

643 ratings

🏥 Medical Culture 🔥 Healthcare Burnout 🎭 Medical Stoicism 💔 Compassion Fatigue 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

How Doctors Think

by Jerome Groopman • 2007

Why doctors misdiagnose, and the simple questions that can stop a cognitive error cold.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Medical Error 🩺 Doctor Patient Relationship 📖 Narrative Medicine 🤔 Clinical Decision Making

How Doctors Think 94%

Why doctors misdiagnose, and the simple questions that can stop a cognitive error cold.

by Jerome Groopman 2007

3.93

13k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Medical Error 🩺 Doctor Patient Relationship 📖 Narrative Medicine 🤔 Clinical Decision Making

The Price We Pay

by Marty Makary • 2019

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

4.45

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🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

The Price We Pay 94%

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

by Marty Makary 2019

4.45

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

If Disney Ran Your Hospital

by Fred Lee • 2004

Patients compare your hospital to Disney, not the one across town. Courtesy decides who wins.

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🏥 Healthcare Management 🤲 Patient Experience 🏛️ Organizational Culture 💪 Employee Empowerment 🔄 Continuous Improvement

If Disney Ran Your Hospital 93%

Patients compare your hospital to Disney, not the one across town. Courtesy decides who wins.

by Fred Lee 2004

4.01

1k+ ratings

🏥 Healthcare Management 🤲 Patient Experience 🏛️ Organizational Culture 💪 Employee Empowerment 🔄 Continuous Improvement

Facing the Unseen

by Damon Tweedy • 2024

Psychiatry is exiled from mainstream medicine by design. A doctor's memoir of the human cost.

4.23

192

🩺 Medical Education 😵 Physician Burnout 🧠 Mind-Body Dualism 🏥 Stigma In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality

Facing the Unseen 93%

Psychiatry is exiled from mainstream medicine by design. A doctor's memoir of the human cost.

by Damon Tweedy 2024

4.23

192 ratings

🩺 Medical Education 😵 Physician Burnout 🧠 Mind-Body Dualism 🏥 Stigma In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo

by Ian Harris • 2016

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

4.16

196

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies 🧪 Clinical Trial Critique 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo 93%

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

by Ian Harris 2016

4.16

196 ratings

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies 🧪 Clinical Trial Critique 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals

by Peter Pronovost • 2010

Hospitals kill by accident. One doctor proved it and built the checklist system that stops them.

3.94

244

🏥 Patient Safety 🔗 Systems Thinking 🛡️ Safety Culture 📊 Quality Improvement 📚 Evidence-Based Medicine

Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals 93%

Hospitals kill by accident. One doctor proved it and built the checklist system that stops them.

by Peter Pronovost 2010

3.94

244 ratings

🏥 Patient Safety 🔗 Systems Thinking 🛡️ Safety Culture 📊 Quality Improvement 📚 Evidence-Based Medicine

Complications

by Atul Gawande • 2002

Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.

4.28

53k+

🏥 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📖 Narrative Medicine ❓ Medical Uncertainty ⚙️ Systemic Error

Complications 93%

Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.

by Atul Gawande 2002

4.28

53k+ ratings

🏥 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📖 Narrative Medicine ❓ Medical Uncertainty ⚙️ Systemic Error

The Checklist Manifesto

by Atul Gawande • 2009

Why experts miss the obvious, and how a piece of paper catches what brilliance overlooks.

4.04

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🛡️ High-Reliability Teams 🔍 Human Factors ⚠️ Error Proofing 📋 Decision Science 🔗 Systems Thinking

The Checklist Manifesto 93%

Why experts miss the obvious, and how a piece of paper catches what brilliance overlooks.

by Atul Gawande 2009

4.04

76k+ ratings

🛡️ High-Reliability Teams 🔍 Human Factors ⚠️ Error Proofing 📋 Decision Science 🔗 Systems Thinking

Elderhood

by Louise Aronson • 2019

A geriatrician's diagnosis: ageism is the last tolerated prejudice, right in your doctor's office.

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🩺 Geriatric Medicine 🏥 Ageism In Healthcare 💊 Medicalization Of Aging ✊ Anti-Ageism 📖 Narrative Medicine

Elderhood 93%

A geriatrician's diagnosis: ageism is the last tolerated prejudice, right in your doctor's office.

by Louise Aronson 2019

3.96

2k+ ratings

🩺 Geriatric Medicine 🏥 Ageism In Healthcare 💊 Medicalization Of Aging ✊ Anti-Ageism 📖 Narrative Medicine

ER Nurses

by James Patterson • 2021

What happens after the ambulance doors close: ER nurses tell the stories they can't forget.

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🚨 Emergency Medicine 🎙️ Oral History 🩺 Medical Memoir 💔 Compassion Fatigue 🩶 Emotional Labor

ER Nurses 93%

What happens after the ambulance doors close: ER nurses tell the stories they can't forget.

by James Patterson 2021

4.17

8k+ ratings

🚨 Emergency Medicine 🎙️ Oral History 🩺 Medical Memoir 💔 Compassion Fatigue 🩶 Emotional Labor

The Mindful Body

by Ellen J. Langer • 2023

What you believe about your health changes your body more than what is objectively true.

3.80

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🧠 Mind-Body Connection 💊 Placebo Effect 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🤒 Chronic Illness 👵 Aging And Health

The Mindful Body 93%

What you believe about your health changes your body more than what is objectively true.

by Ellen J. Langer 2023

3.80

2k+ ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Connection 💊 Placebo Effect 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🤒 Chronic Illness 👵 Aging And Health

Motivational Interviewing in Health Care

by Stephen Rollnick • 2007

Why telling patients to change backfires, and how to unlock their own motivation instead.

4.08

678

🗣️ Clinical Communication 🔄 Behavior Change 👂 Reflective Listening ✊ Patient Autonomy 🧭 Guided Conversations

Motivational Interviewing in Health Care Summary

Motivational Interviewing in Health Care 93%

Why telling patients to change backfires, and how to unlock their own motivation instead.

by Stephen Rollnick 2007

4.08

678 ratings

🗣️ Clinical Communication 🔄 Behavior Change 👂 Reflective Listening ✊ Patient Autonomy 🧭 Guided Conversations

Mind over Medicine

by Lissa Rankin • 2013

Your mind can heal your body: clinical proof, and a life audit that prescribes the change.

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3k+

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 💪 Patient Empowerment 💊 Placebo Effect 🧘 Relaxation Response ⚡ Stress Physiology

Mind over Medicine 93%

Your mind can heal your body: clinical proof, and a life audit that prescribes the change.

by Lissa Rankin 2013

4.11

3k+ ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 💪 Patient Empowerment 💊 Placebo Effect 🧘 Relaxation Response ⚡ Stress Physiology

The People's Hospital

by Ricardo Nuila • 2020

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

4.38

4k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality 📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Medical Memoir

The People's Hospital 93%

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

by Ricardo Nuila 2020

4.38

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality 📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Medical Memoir

Relaxation Revolution

by Herbert Benson • 2010

A 12-minute practice can alter gene activity. Mind-body medicine belongs beside drugs and surgery.

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188

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 💊 Placebo Effect 🌿 Stress Reduction 🧘 Relaxation Techniques 🏥 Integrative Medicine

Relaxation Revolution 93%

A 12-minute practice can alter gene activity. Mind-body medicine belongs beside drugs and surgery.

by Herbert Benson 2010

3.66

188 ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 💊 Placebo Effect 🌿 Stress Reduction 🧘 Relaxation Techniques 🏥 Integrative Medicine

Managing the Myths of Health Care

by Henry Mintzberg • 2017

Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.

3.47

🏥 Health Care Management 📋 Health Policy 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌐 Distributed Leadership 🤝 Community Engagement

Managing the Myths of Health Care Summary

Managing the Myths of Health Care 93%

Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.

by Henry Mintzberg 2017

3.47

74 ratings

🏥 Health Care Management 📋 Health Policy 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌐 Distributed Leadership 🤝 Community Engagement

What Seems to Be the Problem?

by Laura Marshall-Andrews • 2022

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

4.18

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🏥 General Practice 📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine 🔄 Integrative Medicine 💔 Trauma And Healing

What Seems to Be the Problem? 93%

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

by Laura Marshall-Andrews 2022

4.18

299 ratings

🏥 General Practice 📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine 🔄 Integrative Medicine 💔 Trauma And Healing

Mind-Body Medicine

by Jason M. Satterfield • 2013

How stress, loneliness, and negative thoughts get under your skin, and what to do about it.

4.40

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🩺 Health Psychology 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 😰 Stress Management ❤️ Emotional Intelligence 🛋️ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Mind-Body Medicine 93%

How stress, loneliness, and negative thoughts get under your skin, and what to do about it.

by Jason M. Satterfield 2013

4.40

184 ratings

🩺 Health Psychology 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 😰 Stress Management ❤️ Emotional Intelligence 🛋️ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

On Being a Therapist

by Jeffrey A. Kottler • 1986

What training never covered: the boredom, the burnout, and the clients who end up changing you.

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4k+

🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice 🌱 Therapist Development 😔 Compassion Fatigue 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship 🪞 Countertransference

On Being a Therapist 93%

What training never covered: the boredom, the burnout, and the clients who end up changing you.

by Jeffrey A. Kottler 1986

4.03

4k+ ratings

🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice 🌱 Therapist Development 😔 Compassion Fatigue 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship 🪞 Countertransference

The Mindful Therapist

by Daniel J. Siegel • 2010

Therapy changes brains: cultivating the mindful presence that reconnects neural pathways.

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🧠 Clinical Psychology 🧘 Psychotherapy Practice 🛡️ Mindfulness In Therapy 💔 Therapist Self-Care 🤝 Trauma Processing

The Mindful Therapist 93%

Therapy changes brains: cultivating the mindful presence that reconnects neural pathways.

by Daniel J. Siegel 2010

4.12

941 ratings

🧠 Clinical Psychology 🧘 Psychotherapy Practice 🛡️ Mindfulness In Therapy 💔 Therapist Self-Care 🤝 Trauma Processing

Cure

by Jo Marchant • 2016

What if the mind could produce real healing? A journalist explores the evidence suggesting it can.

4.09

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🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 💊 Placebo Effect 👥 Social Connection ⚡ Stress Physiology 🧘 Meditation Research

Cure 93%

What if the mind could produce real healing? A journalist explores the evidence suggesting it can.

by Jo Marchant 2016

4.09

4k+ ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 💊 Placebo Effect 👥 Social Connection ⚡ Stress Physiology 🧘 Meditation Research

Unaccountable

by Marty Makary • 2012

Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.

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🏥 Hospital Accountability 🔍 Medical Transparency 🛡️ Patient Safety ⚠️ Medical Errors 💸 Overtreatment

Unaccountable 93%

Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.

by Marty Makary 2012

4.29

2k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Accountability 🔍 Medical Transparency 🛡️ Patient Safety ⚠️ Medical Errors 💸 Overtreatment

The Keys to Kindness

by Claudia Hammond • 2022

Kindness is trainable, contagious, and measurably improves your life. The evidence and the how.

3.70

307

🧠 Positive Psychology 🤝 Prosocial Behavior 💙 Everyday Kindness 🫂 Empathy Training 🪞 Self-Compassion

The Keys to Kindness 93%

Kindness is trainable, contagious, and measurably improves your life. The evidence and the how.

by Claudia Hammond 2022

3.70

307 ratings

🧠 Positive Psychology 🤝 Prosocial Behavior 💙 Everyday Kindness 🫂 Empathy Training 🪞 Self-Compassion

Confessions of a Surgeon

by Paul A. Ruggieri • 2012

Under the drape, the patient stops being human. A surgeon tells the rest.

3.75

2k+

🏥 Surgical Memoirs 🪚 Surgeon Training 🏨 Hospital Culture ⚠️ Medical Errors ⚖️ Medical Ethics

Confessions of a Surgeon 92%

Under the drape, the patient stops being human. A surgeon tells the rest.

by Paul A. Ruggieri 2012

3.75

2k+ ratings

🏥 Surgical Memoirs 🪚 Surgeon Training 🏨 Hospital Culture ⚠️ Medical Errors ⚖️ Medical Ethics

The Rabbit Effect

by Kelli Harding M.D. M.P.H • 2019

The greatest health breakthrough isn't a pill or a diet. It's how we treat each other.

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📊 Social Epidemiology 🤝 Social Connection 😟 Stress Science 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💕 Compassion Science

The Rabbit Effect 92%

The greatest health breakthrough isn't a pill or a diet. It's how we treat each other.

by Kelli Harding M.D. M.P.H 2019

4.14

1k+ ratings

📊 Social Epidemiology 🤝 Social Connection 😟 Stress Science 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💕 Compassion Science

Your Life in My Hands

by Rachel Clarke • 2017

Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.

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🏥 NHS Crisis 👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency 🔥 Physician Burnout 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 📜 Healthcare Reform

Your Life in My Hands 92%

Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.

by Rachel Clarke 2017

3.78

4k+ ratings

🏥 NHS Crisis 👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency 🔥 Physician Burnout 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 📜 Healthcare Reform

The Shift

by Theresa Brown • 2015

Four patients, twelve hours: one nurse's shift reveals the invisible work that keeps people alive.

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8k+

🏥 Hospital Nursing 📝 Nursing Memoir 💙 Emotional Labor ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🫂 Bedside Care

The Shift 92%

Four patients, twelve hours: one nurse's shift reveals the invisible work that keeps people alive.

by Theresa Brown 2015

3.87

8k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Nursing 📝 Nursing Memoir 💙 Emotional Labor ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🫂 Bedside Care

Trauma Stewardship

by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky • 2007

Exhaustion, numbness, cynicism: the hidden cost of caring for others' trauma, and how to reverse it.

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7k+

🩹 Compassion Fatigue 🤲 Helping Professions 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care 🌱 Sustainable Activism 🚧 Emotional Boundaries

Trauma Stewardship 92%

Exhaustion, numbness, cynicism: the hidden cost of caring for others' trauma, and how to reverse it.

by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky 2007

4.28

7k+ ratings

🩹 Compassion Fatigue 🤲 Helping Professions 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care 🌱 Sustainable Activism 🚧 Emotional Boundaries

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