Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing

Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan's book explores how not listening to patients has been ingrained in medicine from its inception, leading to dramatic gaps in medical knowledge and prejudices of society. She offers a way to reshape our health system for a future where active and engaged listening is the new frontier.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 04 July 2024
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Have you ever felt unheard by your doctor? When Dr. Rageshri Dhairyawan was admitted to the hospital as a patient, she didn't receive the pain medication that she had told them she needed, despite having been a doctor for 20 years. It was in that moment that she understood that something was deeply wrong with our healthcare system. Doctors aren't listening, and it is making us unwell. In this book, Dr. Dhairyawan takes us on a journey through history to show how not listening to patients has been ingrained in medicine from its inception. Western medicine has been built on the assumption that power should always lie with the doctor, and that patients should be powerless to decisions made about their bodies if it is done to make them well. This, alongside the prejudices of society, has led to dramatic gaps in medical knowledge. Dr. Dhairyawan offers a way to reshape our health system for a future where active and engaged listening is the new frontier. A timely, shocking, and engaging exposé of the medical world, this book is the prescription for change.

Weight: 502g
Dimension: 241 x 163 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781398718692