Date reviewed/posted: December 31， 2020Publication date: May 18， 2021When life for the entire universe and planet has turned on its end， you are continuing to #maskup to be in #COVID19 #socialisolation as the #secondwave is upon us， AND the worst sciatica attack in your life means you MIGHT sleep 3 hours a night， superspeed readers like me can read 300+ pages/hour， so yes， I have read the book … and many more today。I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book fro Date reviewed/posted: December 31， 2020Publication date: May 18， 2021When life for the entire universe and planet has turned on its end， you are continuing to #maskup to be in #COVID19 #socialisolation as the #secondwave is upon us， AND the worst sciatica attack in your life means you MIGHT sleep 3 hours a night， superspeed readers like me can read 300+ pages/hour， so yes， I have read the book … and many more today。I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley， the publisher and the author in exchange for an honest review。 From the publisher， as I do not repeat the contents or story of books in reviews， I let them do it as they do it better than I do 😸。With our health care system both dysfunctional and constantly changing， how can doctors actually keep us healthy and safe？The spread of COVID-19 has brought the lives of doctors into sharper focus than ever before。 We now see how the daily work of making important， even life-and-death decisions is frequently made harder。 Hospitals and medical offices face budget problems， the influence of big pharmaceutical and insurance companies， as well as stress and long hours and massive amounts of bureaucracy and paperwork。 And that was before the pandemic。In this important book， Dr。 Robert Pearl--the former CEO of Permanente and a Stanford professor--shows how all these stresses have led to a toxic culture in medicine。 Doctors resist change， leading to important clerical mistakes。 They don't offer equal treatment to nonwhite patients。 Their competitive work ethic leads to burnout and bad decisions。 All these mistakes can be and frequently are matters of life and death。As we engage in a public debate about the appropriate role of government， technology， big pharma and insurance companies in our health care， we've paid little attention to what it actually feels like to be a doctor。 In our rush to express gratitude for "frontline" doctors， we are also neglecting their humanity， for better and worse。 If we want to improve medical outcomes， for doctors and patients alike， we need to start seeing health care professionals as the real and flawed human beings they actually are。 Uncaring is a breakthrough book that draws just such a portrait and offers a prescription for a safer and healthier system。This was a DIFFICULT book to read as I have a disproportionate number of family and friends who work in health care and I can see COVID19 slowly killing them， mentally and physically。 （I also lost a mother in law in a super-spreader COVID outbreak in her nursing home and she died alone in the hospital without her family along with many/most of her fellow residents （https://globalnews。ca/news/6950440/co。。。） It is a different read than for most Americans as I live in Canada with socialized medicine that taxes the health care system even more as our provincial government led by a moron。This is a great book to read in a book club and on your own and I will see recommending it to many: friends， patrons and book clubs alike。 It is well written， appealing， meticulously researched and all in all， a VERY IMPORTANT READ as Covid19 kills more and more of our friends and family: especially those who work in health care and on the front lines。 Sit down with a cuppa and be prepared to be disturbed and astonished - this is a searing read。As always， I try to find a reason to not rate with stars as I simply adore emojis （outside of their incessant use by "🙏-ed Social Influencer Millennials/#BachelorNation survivors/Tik-Tok and YouTube Millionaires/snowflakes / literally-like-overusers etc。 " on Instagram and Twitter。。。 Get a real job， people！） so let's give it ☕☕☕☕☕- 。。。more