{"product_id":"promising-care-9781118795880","title":"Promising Care","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePromising Care: How We Can Rescue Health Care by Improving It\u003c\/i\u003e collects 16 speeches given over a period of 10 years by Donald M. Berwick, an internationally acclaimed champion of health care improvement throughout the course of his long and storied career as a physician, health care educator and policy expert, leader of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), and administrator of the Centers for Medicare \u0026amp; Medicaid Services. These landmark speeches (including all of Berwick''s speeches delivered at IHI''s annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care from 2003 to 2012) clearly show why our medical systems don''t reliably contribute to our overall health. As a remedy he offers a vision for making our systems better  safer, more effective, more efficient, and more humane.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach of Berwick''s compelling speeches is preceded by a brief commentary by a prominent figure in health care, policy, or politics who has a unique connection to that particular spe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Commentary Authors xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xxvii\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaureen Bisognano\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 My Right Knee 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary by Gary S. Kaplan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Some is Not a Number, Soon is Not a Time 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary by C. Joseph McCannon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Power 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary by Dale Ann Micalizzi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Mont Sainte-Victoire 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary by Jason Leitch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 A Message for Ramesh 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary by Paul Farmer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Eating Soup with a Fork 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary by Paul B. Batalden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 What “Patient-Centered” Should Mean: Confessions of an Extremist 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary by Frederick S. Southwick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Tense 137\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary by Jessica Berwick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 A Transatlantic Review of the NHS at Sixty 155\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary by Lord Nigel Crisp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Epitaph of Profession 165\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary by Christine K. Cassel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Squirrel 177\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary by Diana Chapman Walsh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 You Decide 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary by Beverley H. Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Moral Test 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary by Tom Daschle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 New Health System—New Professionalism 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary by James Reason\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 To Isaiah 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary by Mark D. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 And We Said, “No” 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary by Patricia A. Gabow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 267\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406924718423,"sku":"9781118795880","price":40.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118795880.jpg?v=1730497578","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/promising-care-9781118795880","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}