Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients Free Audiobook Download by Robert Pearl

The alarming book "Uncaring" reveals how the culture of modern medicine has created a system that protects the doctors and patients more than it cares about them. Author Robert Pearl, who is a doctor himself, argues that when doctors are seen as doing their job as intently as extracting money from the wallets of their patients, they quickly abandon the profession at an astonishing rate.

"He was a good doctor. He was my friend. What happened to him wasn't his fault." There is much discussion about the culture of medicine in America today, but not a lot of people talk about how it affects patients. This book talks about how the culture of medicine indirectly kills doctors and patients by making them uncaring--how they have become so focused on saving money and company profits that they forget about the lives of their patients.

The fact that this problem is not new has been well-documented in the past. These are dangerous times for physicians. A creeping arrogance, a collective desire to be seen as above the rest, a belief that our treatment will always get better and faster--all these things contribute to a culture where doctors don't take care of one another. Robert Pearl wrote this book as he saw his colleagues die and turn away from each other while they still had time.

The book is a hard-hitting expose on the culture of modern medicine. It's a novel that follows the story of an up and coming doctor, Dr. Mark Wheeler, as he moves from small country practice to a large urban hospital in New York City, where he must confront the struggles of rising to the top as well as some of life's most weighty questions: Who am I? What am I doing with my life? How can I help others?

Uncaring is a collection of essays written by Robert Pearl. Most of the essays are from his blog, which he launched in 2004. The book is a chronicle of the author's experiences teaching medical students and residents, and describes the effects that relentless medical school curricula have on doctors and patients alike.