Being a Doctor by Joel H. Goldstein, MD FAAO FACS, published by Outskirts Press

Being a Doctor

The Art of Medicine

by Joel H. Goldstein, MD FAAO FACS

Being a Doctor

The Art of Medicine

by Joel H. Goldstein, MD FAAO FACS

Published Mar 31, 2011
122 Pages
Genre: MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery

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INSIDE THE DOCTORS’ WORLD: SEEING THE PATIENT AS A PERSON

The doctor-patient relationship represents a direct and personal interaction between two unique individuals. Great doctors care about their patients. Physicians must talk to and listen to their patients. Doctors make medical decisions based on their analysis of the patient’s appearance, atitude, mood, signs and symptoms. The best doctors are not buried in the bureaucracy of medicine. They are exhilarated by the opportunity to be healers. Medicine is a combination of art and science. Medical schools teach the science. This book focuses on the art.

About the Author

Joel H. Goldstein, MD FAAO FACS

Joel H. Goldstein, a physician in Denver,Colorado is a graduate of Williams College and the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He has served on the University teaching faculty as a Clinical Associate Professor,and has frequently been recognized by his peers as one of “Denver’s Top Docs” based on yearly physician voting as reported in “5280 Magazine.” He is married, the father of three and the grandfather of six plus. He has enjoyed an active ophthalmology practice since 1972.