On Becoming a Healer

A tour-de-force articulation of how truly engaging the patient, contextualizing care, going beyond empathy to action, exercising curiosity, defining boundaries, and eschewing judgementalism can enhance healing, increase physician satisfaction, and reduce burnout!

An invaluable handbook for navigating the shoals and joys of becoming—and being—a physician. Weiner weaves decades of wisdom into engaging stories, offering practical strategies for combating burnout, finding joy in medicine, and doing the best for your patients.

In his book, Saul Weiner provides a candid and personal view on what shaped him as a human and physician and reminds us that both can coexist. The book is a much needed resource for medical educators to guide their learners as they navigate the potentially dehumanizing experience of medical training.

This is a book full of wisdom and encouragement. It offers guidance to the newly developing physician and renewal to the mature, helping both to reconnect with the purpose and beauty of healing. It is an instant classic and, especially at a time when medicine can easily feel off-track, a must-read.

From a wise doctor dedicated to a life of service, a vital and practical guide on how to be human in medicine. Filled with fascinating examples of doctor-patient connections, it goes to the core of our mission—to nourish the rising of a mutual relationship as the essence of healing.

The dirty little secret of patient-centered care is that it challenges many norms of the medical profession. To be truly patient-centered, one needs to attend to one's own transformation. In this wisdom-filled book, Saul Weiner nails not only what it means to heal, but also how to get there.

Saul Weiner's On Becoming a Healer is an important and essential addition to the literature on the doctor-patient relationship.

This extraordinary guide for frustrated physicians is grounded in rigorous reasoning, courageous self-reflection, and a dispassionate assessment of U.S. health care. A clear and compassionate articulation of the deleterious effects of medical education, Saul calls on all physicians to return to the essence of their call to caring and healing.