Post by Admin on Dec 13, 2017 14:03:51 GMT -5
Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness and Humanity, Ronald Epstein, MD, Scribner Press, 2017
Recently finished this remarkable book and highly recommend it. First of all, it's not a book 'about' mindfulness -- it is what I consider to be the next generation of 'mindfulness books'-- books which rather than trying to teach what mindfulness is -- or isn't -- this book reveals what happens when someone incarnates mindfulness into their lives and work -- his practice of medicine and teaching medicine to upcoming physicians. Phenomenal.
The extent to which he himself has evolved in mindfulness is so great to my eye that this book oozes his wisdom in every line and paragraph. Dr. Epstein is (my term) a truly mindful physician, ver 2.0. For Epstein, mindfulness is not just a series of techniques nor even cognitive insights (which in the typical paradox of mindfulness are of course techniques and insights), but mindfulness has become the ground of his being. Anyone who is learning to be a doctor under his tutelage is surely one fortunate person. Therefore, it follows that anyone who is curious or learning about this thing called "Mindfulness" can find much wisdom embodied in this man and his words.
Ronald Epstein, MD, is a practicing family physician who also is a professor of Family Medicine, Psychiatry and Oncology at the University of Rochester Medical and Dental School, Rochester New York.
But, rather than pen my own meager review here, I'd rather quote from the masters Jon Kabat-Zinn and Daniel Siegel who posted reviews of this book on Amazon when this book came out early in 2017:
Recently finished this remarkable book and highly recommend it. First of all, it's not a book 'about' mindfulness -- it is what I consider to be the next generation of 'mindfulness books'-- books which rather than trying to teach what mindfulness is -- or isn't -- this book reveals what happens when someone incarnates mindfulness into their lives and work -- his practice of medicine and teaching medicine to upcoming physicians. Phenomenal.
The extent to which he himself has evolved in mindfulness is so great to my eye that this book oozes his wisdom in every line and paragraph. Dr. Epstein is (my term) a truly mindful physician, ver 2.0. For Epstein, mindfulness is not just a series of techniques nor even cognitive insights (which in the typical paradox of mindfulness are of course techniques and insights), but mindfulness has become the ground of his being. Anyone who is learning to be a doctor under his tutelage is surely one fortunate person. Therefore, it follows that anyone who is curious or learning about this thing called "Mindfulness" can find much wisdom embodied in this man and his words.
Ronald Epstein, MD, is a practicing family physician who also is a professor of Family Medicine, Psychiatry and Oncology at the University of Rochester Medical and Dental School, Rochester New York.
But, rather than pen my own meager review here, I'd rather quote from the masters Jon Kabat-Zinn and Daniel Siegel who posted reviews of this book on Amazon when this book came out early in 2017:
REVIEWS ON AMAZON.COM:
—Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Full Catastrophe Living and Mindfulness for Beginners --
“This book is phenomenal, and will be phenomenally useful to physicians and to all of us who are desperately in need of true health care and caring. It is hard for me to imagine a doctor reading it and not immediately recognizing, taking to heart, and implementing its messages in any number of different ways, being so commonsensical, clear, innately transformative, and healing. And it is equally hard for me to imagine that it will not energize all of us, when we find ourselves in the role of ‘the patient,’ to demand greater mindfulness from our care-givers across the board, and know what we mean by that.”
—Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., author of Mind and The Mindful Brain and Executive Director, Mindsight Institute Founding Co-Director, UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center --
“As a student admissions committee member reviewing Ron Epstein's application to medical school, I knew he was special, a view surpassed by his visionary achievements illuminating the important nature of how physicians care for their patients, and how they can best care for themselves. Attending is the book every medical caregiver needs to strengthen their minds and harness their resilience to care for others—and every patient needs to understand how doctors think. This is a work of heart and head, a beautiful synthesis of inner wisdom and hard earned scientific empirical findings that point the way to proven methods for improving the lives of both giver and receiver of medical care. With clear explanations, captivating stories, and well-described challenges and approaches to their solutions, this book is exactly what the field of medicine needs.”
To learn about or order the book on Amazon.com, click-push HERE.
—Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Full Catastrophe Living and Mindfulness for Beginners --
“This book is phenomenal, and will be phenomenally useful to physicians and to all of us who are desperately in need of true health care and caring. It is hard for me to imagine a doctor reading it and not immediately recognizing, taking to heart, and implementing its messages in any number of different ways, being so commonsensical, clear, innately transformative, and healing. And it is equally hard for me to imagine that it will not energize all of us, when we find ourselves in the role of ‘the patient,’ to demand greater mindfulness from our care-givers across the board, and know what we mean by that.”
—Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., author of Mind and The Mindful Brain and Executive Director, Mindsight Institute Founding Co-Director, UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center --
“As a student admissions committee member reviewing Ron Epstein's application to medical school, I knew he was special, a view surpassed by his visionary achievements illuminating the important nature of how physicians care for their patients, and how they can best care for themselves. Attending is the book every medical caregiver needs to strengthen their minds and harness their resilience to care for others—and every patient needs to understand how doctors think. This is a work of heart and head, a beautiful synthesis of inner wisdom and hard earned scientific empirical findings that point the way to proven methods for improving the lives of both giver and receiver of medical care. With clear explanations, captivating stories, and well-described challenges and approaches to their solutions, this book is exactly what the field of medicine needs.”
To learn about or order the book on Amazon.com, click-push HERE.