The Unseen Rounds Perspectives from a Patient Care Assistant - Softcover

Desai, Mallika

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9363314650 ISBN 13: 9789363314658

Publisher: Bookleaf Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

As a first-time healthcare worker, aspiring to venture into medicine, I was struck by how close we get to crucial moments in patient's lives. We help feed, change, turn, and heal patients, spending twelve hours entering and leaving intimate moments of their lives. And yet, we barely know them. We barely know you, as perhaps your friend would. One shift, I have the privilege of being your confidante, friend, and caregiver, but when I leave the hospital, I wonder whether you'll be alright or if I'll get the chance to see you again. Amidst the chaos and calm of the hospital, here are the reflections of humanity that I couldn't type in the charts, and at times couldn't quite put into words at all initially, but which I think are important to share to remind myself and readers of the privilege it is to be any type of healthcare worker.

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About the Author

Mallika Desai is an undergraduate student studying medical sciences, medical humanities, political science, biomedical informatics, and human-centered design. She enjoys thinking about problems with a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach, often putting her head together with individuals from diverse walks of life. She is an inaugural Portman Bipartisan Policy Fellow and a NEXT Innovation Scholar. In addition, she is the founder of a nonprofit, Parkinson's Together, that aims to use multidisciplinary support techniques to serve persons with Parkinson's disease and their caregivers. Most of all, she believes in seeing patients as more than a diagnosis and utilizing curiosity for kindness.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bookleaf Publishing
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9363314650
• ISBN 13: 9789363314658
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 42