“I can’t remember reading a more courageous and original critique of what ails American medicine.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

HOW THE CULTURE OF MEDICINE KILLS DOCTORS & PATIENTS

Uncaring

Doctors are taught how to cure people.
But they don’t always know how to care for them.

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PRAISE FOR UNCARING

“In Uncaring, Dr. Robert Pearl provides an X-ray examination of the medical profession and how it has both promoted and adversely affected American healthcare.”

– ERIC TOPOL

Author of Deep Medicine

“In this riveting examination of physician culture, Dr. Pearl diagnoses the pathologies in the system that too often strips the ‘caring’ out of health care.”

– ELIZABETH ROSENTHAL

editor in chief of Kaiser Health News

“In this hard-hitting, immensely valuable book, Robert Pearl pulls back the veil from the face of the culture of medicine.”

– DAVID M. BERWICK

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

**“Uncaring is a brilliant and incisive dive into physician culture, both its seamy underbelly and the moments that inspire.”.**

– ABRAHAM VERGHESE, MD

professor of medicine, Stanford University, and author of Cutting for Stone

**“Dr. Robert Pearl’s Uncaring is a deeply readable, empathic and insightful exploration of the status of 21st century American physicians.”**

– DAVID BLUMENTHAL

President of The Commonwealth Fund

“No one is better qualified to write about what ails healthcare than Robert Pearl.”

– MALCOLM GLADWELL

Author of five New York Times bestsellers

“His insights are a must-read for anyone who wants to improve our healthcare system, and in so doing, provide better care and save lives.”

– LENA WEN

CNN Medical Analyst

“This rare under-the-covers view of medicine offers insights into tough issues that plague our system but also offers a path forward for improving healthcare.”

– DAVID J. SHULKIN

Former VA Secretary

About Uncaring

Doctors are taught how to cure people. But they don’t always know how to care for them.

Hardly anyone is happy with American healthcare these days. Patients are getting sicker and going bankrupt from medical bills. Doctors are burning out and making dangerous mistakes. Both parties blame our nation’s outdated and dysfunctional healthcare system. But that’s only part of the problem.

In this important and timely book, Dr. Robert Pearl shines a light on the unseen and often toxic culture of medicine. Today’s physicians have a surprising disdain for technology, an unhealthy obsession with status, and an increasingly complicated relationship with their patients. All of this can be traced back to their earliest experiences in medical school, where doctors inherit a set of norms, beliefs, and expectations that shape almost every decision they make, with profound consequences for the rest of us.

Uncaring draws an original and revealing portrait of what it’s actually like to be a doctor. It illuminates the complex and intimidating world of medicine for readers, and in the end offers a clear plan to save American healthcare.

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About Robert Pearl, MD

Robert Pearl, MD

Dr. Robert Pearl is a healthcare leader, educator, author, columnist and podcaster. For 18 years as CEO, he led the nation’s largest medical group (Kaiser Permanente), where he was responsible for the care of more than 5 million patients on the east and west coasts. He currently teaches at both the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He’s the author of Mistreated (a Washington Post bestseller) and Uncaring (a Kirkus star recipient). He’s been a Forbes healthcare contributor since 2013. He’s also a LinkedIn “Top Voice” in healthcare and the host of two popular healthcare podcasts.

Pearl is a leading voice on medical and information technologies. His insights on generative AI in healthcare have been featured in: Associated Press, USA Today, MSN, FOX Business, Axios, Forbes, Fast Company, WIRED, Modern Healthcare, Medscape, Medpage Today, AI in Healthcare, Doximity, Becker’s Hospital Review, and more.

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