Why We Revolt - Montori, Victor
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Told through a series of essays and short stories, Dr. Victor M. Montori's Why We Revolt uncovers how, over the past few decades, the American healthcare system has become increasingly exploited and industrialized. The costs of health insurance and standard medical procedures continue to soar, physicians are pressured to push through cases without regards for patient satisfaction, and the system pursues standardization, which causes individualized healthcare to become generic and impersonal. Still, the United States falls behind other countries on patient outcomes, and physicians continue to…mehr

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Told through a series of essays and short stories, Dr. Victor M. Montori's Why We Revolt uncovers how, over the past few decades, the American healthcare system has become increasingly exploited and industrialized. The costs of health insurance and standard medical procedures continue to soar, physicians are pressured to push through cases without regards for patient satisfaction, and the system pursues standardization, which causes individualized healthcare to become generic and impersonal. Still, the United States falls behind other countries on patient outcomes, and physicians continue to be overloaded with tedious administrative work as the emphasis is placed on profits instead of patient care.
Autorenporträt
Victor M. Montori, M.D., is an award-winning endocrinologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. In addition to working as a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Dr. Montori also serves as director of community engagement and of late stage translational research for the Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science. With his colleagues, he has authored more than 650 research articles, which has resulted in Dr. Montori becoming one of the most cited clinical researchers in the world. In 2016, Dr. Montori—who is fondly referred to as “a patient’s doctor”—co-founded The Patient Revolution, a nonprofit organization committed to transforming our modern-day healthcare system into one that provides careful and kind patient care for all.