My focus on books related to healthcare/ health & society started around 2013. At the time a colleague was changing jobs within Philips, and I was able to pick out her good-bye gift. As we had a shared passion for learning as well as healthcare, her good-bye gift became a small pile of books, which … Continue reading
Book notes: The Healing of America
When we were assigned this book for Global Health Systems, I wasn’t very enthusiastic, and even a little bit annoyed. I thought, “Why do we need to read a book focused on the US for to learn about global health systems?” Then, the teacher explained that the book actually mostly looks at other countries’ health … Continue reading
On learning languages and working in multilingual teams
This is not related to healthcare or public health… but thought I would share the LinkedIn posts that I wrote recently: On learning languages and working in multilingual teams – part 1: communication tips for when working with people who speak different languages/ don’t all master the main communication language On learning languages and working … Continue reading
Book notes: “Being Mortal”, Atul Gawande
I read Being Mortal about a year ago, and I was really impressed. I felt like I was reading about something that really matters – because most of us have elderly parents or relatives and will be elderly at some point (or are already elderly!), and because the current systems in place really need to … Continue reading
Book micro-reviews
Here is a copy of the micro-reviews of healthcare-related books that I’ve previously posted on LinkedIn. I added a “readability score”, because people have different preferences 🙂 Even though these are all non-fiction, relatively serious books, many are still accessible and enjoyable reads, but a few of them are heavier. Readability score 1 – 3 … Continue reading
2 quotes from: “Improvising Medicine”, Julie Livingston
I will share some impressions about this book once I have finished reading it, but already wanted to share two quotes (emphasis in bold mine): From Improvising Medicine, by Julie Livingston (2012), an ethnography of a cancer ward in Zimbabwe: “Ethnographers recognize that the hospital is an intensive space where critical moral, political, and social questions … Continue reading
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