Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity
With his “deeply informed and compassionate book…Dr. Epstein tells us that it is a ‘moral imperative’ [for doctors] to do right by their patients” (New York Journal of Books).
The first book for the general public about the importance of mindfulness in medical practice, Attending is a groundbreaking, intimate exploration of how doctors approach their work with patients. From his early days as a Harvard Medical School student, Epstein saw what made good doctors great—more accur
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Excellent work on mindfulness in the modern medical encounter,
I highly recommend this book to any health care provider who wants …,
Doing my Ph.D. in Mindfulness–Wish I had this sooner!,
I wish I read this before I started by doctoral program more than two years ago. It is a shame that I did not have access to information like this. What I like about Epstein is that he makes it so simple. He provides anecdotes and his story is truly a personal reflection on how mindfulness has not only made him a better doctor, but a better person. Because his mindfulness practice has helped more patients than he can possibly count, he details strategies and insights that would be useful to anybody–not just those who are in the medical field.
As I started reading this, I realized that it’s not enough to teach mindfulness in my school, or even learn about it and write a giant thesis on it… I really need to practice this myself and in doing so, I may be able to help my students and transform their lives. We hear people, but seldom do we listen to them. We don’t really think and ask what they are trying to tell us. I’m mid-career as a teacher and I find that at times I know better than my students, my parents, and sometimes even my administrators (those of you in education probably feel the same way). However, what this book has taught me is that I need to have an open-mind, because if an award-winning doctor can learn from his medical students who he says sometimes asks “annoying questions” which in light of changing his perspective become enlightening questions, then we should all be able to benefit from a more mindful practice and be able to “ATTEND” to those who matter the most.
Truly inspiring. I will be recommending this to anyone looking to understand more about mindfulness from a secular point-of-view.