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    Patience with Patients: Reviving Bedside Manner By Dr. Jim Longobardi

    Patience with Patients: Reviving Bedside Manner
    By Jim Longobardi
    Independently published
    Published: December 4, 2024
    ISBN: 9798302563958
    Genre(s): Health Care / Health, Mind & Body Reference

    In Patience with Patients, Dr. Longobardi explores the power of empathy in healthcare, demonstrating that compassionate care, where patients are listened to, heard, and treated as people and not merely as numbers, will manifest the all-important healing powers of connection and so bring about sought-after positive outcomes. Medical care has changed from an era where doctors were healers, evolving into today’s high-paced, profit-driven healthcare, when a patient’s well-being is often overlooked because of corporatization, an increased physician workload, an over-reliance on new technology and AI, and the prioritization of financial metrics. Referencing compelling studies and accounts, Longobardi explains that when doctors and healthcare providers focus on compassionate care, adherence to treatment plans increases, bringing better patient outcomes. He emphasizes that physician self-care—recognizing stress, burnout, and work-life balance—is a necessary prerequisite for both improving patient care and reducing attrition among healthcare professionals. Longobardi makes the case that empathy training, starting in medical school and through continuing education, will build a much-needed appreciation for and use of compassionate care. Dispelling the myth of profit versus compassion, this evocative and inspiring appraisal of bedside manner demonstrates that reintegrating the human touch into modern medical practice will improve patient outcomes to the benefit of all involved in today’s healthcare.

     

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    About the Author

    I grew up in Long Island New York and spent sumemrs in the Little Italy section of New York City. I wanted to be a doctor since the age of 8. I enlisted in the United States Navy and became a hospital corpsman and was stationed at Marine Corps Base Quantico Virginia.

    Honorably discharged I attended the Physician Assistant program at the George Washington University graduating in1978 and worked in neurosurgery orthopedic shock trauma for 7 years, in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area. I graduated from The Des Moines Medical College of Podiatric Medicine in 1989. I completed a surgical residency in San Diego, where I have practiced for thirty-five years. I received my MBA in 2006 from The University of Phoenix.

    I am on the medical staff of Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista, CA, and served as Medical Director and Chief of Surgery for the Department of Surgery. I live in the San Diego area with my family, dogs, and cats. I love what I do, I enjoy collecting memorobilia, photography, jazz, baseball, and fitness.

     

    Jim Longobardi