Mindfulness In Medicine A Comprehensive Guide For Healthcare Professionals 2nd Edition Rajat Chand by Rajat Chand 9783031661662, 3031661664 instant download after payment.

There have been so many remarkable achievements in contemporary medical care. Advanced diagnostics and precision medical treatments continue to be developed for disorders across all of our specialties. Yet, the overall healthcare system has failed to deliver on its broader promise of high-quality, accessible, and affordable care. Despite the United States being one of the wealthiest and most technologically advanced countries in the world, our healthcare system is plagued by a multitude of thorny issues: rising costs, inadequate access to care, and uneven quality among them. Healthcare outcomes in the United States have been declining [1], with life expectancy decreasing for the first time in decades [2], and other measures of healthcare quality are also worsening. Patients and healthcare providers alike are dissatisfied with the current system, with many feeling that the system is too complex, bureaucratic, and inefficient. The social, economic, and psychological stress generated by a world-historical pandemic has exemplified the best of medicine in just-in-time vaccines and treatments. But the blind spots in our system have been laid bare, especially in how we attend to the stress, trauma, and burnout so apparent in patients and treaters alike. It’s a paradox: both the best of times and the worst of times. There are many factors that contribute to the paradoxical nature of healthcare today, and these factors can be interconnected and reinforcing. One of the key factors is the unequal access to healthcare, which can lead to disparities in health outcomes for different populations. This inequality can be driven by factors such as socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, and geography. Another factor is the profit motive that underpins much of the healthcare industry. While ideally industry-provided IT technologies supposedly free up physicians’ time and energy for the human side of care, in practice the result is often everincreasing productivity expectations that…