Review of Surviving the Business of Healthcare

ReaderAisha2020 · Post by **ReaderAisha2020** » 14 Jun 2021, 15:21

[Following is a volunteer review of "Surviving the Business of Healthcare" by Barbara Galutia Regis PA-C.]

4 out of 4 stars

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Are you satisfied with the current standards of medical treatment in the healthcare system? Are you struggling to deal with medical practice and would like some guidance about how to use it? Are you or have you been a patient or employee and have an opinion about the current state of healthcare? If so you may want to read the book Surviving the Business of Healthcare: Knowledge is Power! It is an important book centred around the subject of modern-day healthcare.

Barbara Galutia Regis (PA-C) writes from her own experience from being a cradle to grave family physician assistant (PA). She has also been a patient for cancer. She grew up with the experience of her families private practice, which she says is very different to the modern-day practice of healthcare. What are the differences? Read the book if you would like to know more about how modern medical practice has become lacking as a caring profession and how it has taken on more of the role of a business with doctors and physicians making large sums of money and profiting from their patients without much true care for their well being. She mentions how doctors would previously visit patients in their home for a small amount of money, and provides the example of her father and his wage. Now we pay huge sums to stay in the hospital and home visits are a thing of the past. Do you agree that healthcare has become more of a business? Read the book to formulate your opinion. Barbara gives the reader guidelines and advice for dealing with the current healthcare system such as how to choose a PA, and whether or not you should take out Medical Insurance. The book is 115 pages in length and written from the experiences and perspectives of the author.

What I enjoyed about the book was that it was well written without any obvious spelling errors or typos and the subject area was important for the general reader. The writer drew on her experiences as an experienced professional in the field and used examples from these and what she has gone through as both a general family practitioner and a cancer patient. She reminds us that the real purpose of healthcare is to offer a service, care for people and be at their service in contrast to looking out for personal benefit. It was interesting to read about how healthcare was in the past while she was growing up and how it has changed. She provides helpful insights into the healthcare system comparing the past with current changes. There is a lot of practical advice for people who need to use the health services, such as dealing with hospital admissions, being an in-patient, medical insurance, dealing with elder abuse, how to choose medications, save money with rebates and being a self-paying patient and how to cope. On the other hand, she also provides some advice and information for people who would like to know more about the different roles and positions in healthcare and how to experience work satisfaction. This would benefit people considering a career in such areas as well as those who want to understand the system better. Her advice and insights as both a physician and a patient sometimes are valuable for all people who are struggling to understand or deal with the healthcare system and wonder where it is going. In the end she says that knowledge is power and knowing about how to use the system may help us to get the most benefit with the least amount of fees and difficulties.

I did not find anything particularly negative about the book except it was quite short and I thought she could have provided more examples of the things she was discussing to strengthen her arguments.

Due to the above I did not see the need to reduce a star since the negative issues are more personal to me and perhaps not everyone would agree. Therefore, I have rated the book four out of four stars.

It would suit people who are interested in medicine and healthcare and those who enjoy reading about science, medicine, psychology and non-fiction in general as well as social issues.

There was nothing particularly off-putting about the book. However, it may be seen as an introductory topic if people feel they already know about the subject area.

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Surviving the Business of Healthcare
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NISSE · Post by **NISSE** » 07 Jul 2021, 22:05

A book centred around the aspects of modern day health care. There are some Important guidelines revealed in the book which will be useful.

ReaderAisha2020 · Post by **ReaderAisha2020** » 12 Jul 2021, 07:19

NISSE wrote: ↑07 Jul 2021, 22:05 A book centred around the aspects of modern day health care. There are some Important guidelines revealed in the book which will be useful.

So true yes I am glad you enjoyed the book and tgank you for commenting on the review

ReaderAisha2020 · Post by **ReaderAisha2020** » 12 Jul 2021, 07:21

Miriam nkere wrote: ↑09 Jul 2021, 03:58 This books sounds like really a good one to read, especially knowing that some of the experiences are drawn from real life situations, though I havent experienced having someone with such terminal illness. So I wouldn't know how it feels. Good review

Yes, it is a good book to read if you have the time. Thank you for your comments and from taking the time to read my review