Sustaining the Dignity and Nobility of Medical Care is for oncologists and other physicians practicing medicine in today’s health care environment. This collection of essays by Dr. Joseph Simone provides advice and insights that speak to the challenges, opportunities, and nobility of being a doctor. Patients and their care providers will also find value in this book, as their experience and needs are addressed by Dr. Simone with forthrightness and honesty.
Unlike other non-fiction books that are about being a doctor, Dr. Simone’s is to-the-point, easy to access and reference throughout a busy day, and speaks to the hard truths of professional medical life.
Advance Praise for
Sustaining the Dignity and Nobility of Medical Care
“Joe Simone epitomizes integrity, honesty, and values of the highest order in oncology. He is as fine an individual and an institutional mentor as one can find. His remarkable personal qualities, which have so greatly benefited the oncology community, are wonderfully evident in this remarkable anthology of essays. We all continue to learn from Joe’s wisdom.”
--Robert J. Mayer, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
“The role of an oncologist is a difficult one. Providing information on prognosis, stage and therapeutic options requires a continuing need for self-education and communication skills. In an increasing environment of complicated issues regarding re-imbursement and insurance issues todays oncologist spends an increasing amount of time and energy on billing, forms, and regulations.
However, patients and family still need the care and compassion they deserve. Dr. Simone is the voice that reminds us of the central responsibility of a true oncologist.”
---Paul A. Bunn, Jr, MD, University of Colorado Cancer Center
“Two types of individuals graduate from medical school. Those who view medicine as an occupation and those who view medicine as a vocation. The former are called Doctors. The latter, Physicians. Joe Simone is the ultimate physician, who by example and by his writings, serves as one of the true giants of our field. Sustaining the Dignity and Nobility of Medical Care is a cogent reminder that being a true physician requires not only service to our patients, but also to the gift of our profession. It joins with Simone’s Maxims as a wonderful contribution to physicians of all ages.”
---Patrick J. Loehrer, Sr, MD, Indiana University Cancer Center
Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
“Dr. Simone provides unusual insights into what it means to be a physician. Sustaining the Dignity and Nobility of Medical Care should be required reading for all new faculty members.”
---James O. Armitage, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
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