Jeff Kane, MD, fascinated by his patients’ stories, began limiting his practice in the mid-1970s to facilitating cancer support groups. He founded the support programs at Sutter Cancer Center in Sacramento and Sierra Nevada Cancer Center in Grass Valley, California, and teaches medical practitioners bedside manner in workshops nationally. He is the author of several book and dozens of periodical articles on the healing relationship. He lives in Nevada City, California, with his wife, Ronnie Paul.
"An eloquent account of where we’ve gone wrong with medicine and
how we might go right again, Healing Healthcare is a harbinger of
the change that’s needed. Jeff Kane’s wise and eloquent voice
pervades this beautifully-written and highly readable book, putting
both patient and doctor back in touch with their common
humanity."Katy Butler, author of Knocking on Heaven’s Door: The
Path to a Better Way of Death
"With both empathy and tenacity, Jeff Kane delves into the heart of
contemporary medicine. He is candid about what ails our healthcare
system, and audacious enough to offer a prescription.”Danielle
Ofri, MD, PhD, author of What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the
Practice of Medicine
"Important insights into the challenges we are facing arise from
Dr. Kane’s ability to illuminate the facts with stories of context,
focusing on what is most meaningful to both patients and providers.
You will leave this book having been both informed and touched,
which is his hope for how our patients will feel after experiencing
a better healthcare system."Diane Pinakiewicz, Principal, DCP
Consulting LLC, Distinguisheed Advisor and former president,
National Patient Safety Foundation
"Jeff Kane is by turns lyrical, funny, deeply moving, and profound,
but always focused on the art of healing. Reading this beautiful
book gives me hope for American healthcare."Shannon Brownlee, MS,
Senior Vice President, Lown Insitute
"If you read one book about health care this year, I urge you to
read Healing Healthcare. In the future, healthcare will put the
needs of its most important stakeholder, the patient, first. Dr.
Kane’s book pushes us closer to achieving that vision."Dr. Paul
Rosen, MD, Clinical Director of Service and Operational Excellence,
Nemours Foundation
"An eloquent account of where we’ve gone wrong with medicine and
how we might go right again, Healing Healthcare is a harbinger of
the change that’s needed. Jeff Kane’s wise and eloquent voice
pervades this beautifully-written and highly readable book, putting
both patient and doctor back in touch with their common
humanity."Katy Butler, author of Knocking on Heaven’s Door: The
Path to a Better Way of Death
"With both empathy and tenacity, Jeff Kane delves into the heart of
contemporary medicine. He is candid about what ails our healthcare
system, and audacious enough to offer a prescription.”Danielle
Ofri, MD, PhD, author of What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the
Practice of Medicine
"Important insights into the challenges we are facing arise from
Dr. Kane’s ability to illuminate the facts with stories of context,
focusing on what is most meaningful to both patients and providers.
You will leave this book having been both informed and touched,
which is his hope for how our patients will feel after experiencing
a better healthcare system."Diane Pinakiewicz, Principal, DCP
Consulting LLC, Distinguisheed Advisor and former president,
National Patient Safety Foundation
"Jeff Kane is by turns lyrical, funny, deeply moving, and profound,
but always focused on the art of healing. Reading this beautiful
book gives me hope for American healthcare."Shannon Brownlee, MS,
Senior Vice President, Lown Insitute
"If you read one book about health care this year, I urge you to
read Healing Healthcare. In the future, healthcare will put the
needs of its most important stakeholder, the patient, first. Dr.
Kane’s book pushes us closer to achieving that vision."Dr. Paul
Rosen, MD, Clinical Director of Service and Operational Excellence,
Nemours Foundation
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