A Doctor’s Dozen
Twelve Strategies for Personal Health and a Culture of Wellness
Distributed for Dartmouth College Press
224 pages
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6 x 9
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Table of Contents

Contents
Preface • Introduction: The Twenty-First-Century Health Conundrum • PART I. SELF-AWARENESS • Lesson 1. Be Present • Health Challenge #1: Practice Mindfulness • Lesson 2. Ask Questions • Health Challenge #2: Complete a Self-SWOT • Lesson 3. Build Resilience • Health Challenge #3: Perform a Self-Assessment • Lesson 4. Write Your Story • Health Challenge #4: Practice Self-Reflection, and Keep a Journal • PART II. SELF-CARE • Lesson 5. Fill Your Own Tank • Health Challenge #5: Nourish Your Body, Mind, and Spirit • Lesson 6. Establish Trusting Relationships • Health Challenge #6: Give and Receive Feedback • Lesson 7. Replenish 24-7 • Health Challenge #7: Complete a Time Log • Lesson 8. Nurture a Healthy Environment • Health Challenge #8: Model Wellness • PART III. SELF-IMPROVEMENT • Lesson 9. Embrace Change • Health Challenge #9: Initiate a Personal Health-Improvement Tool • Lesson 10. Make Healthy and Authentic Choices • Health Challenge #10: Construct a Cost-Benefit Analysis • Lesson 11. Rewrite Your Story • Health Challenge #11: Seek an Alternate Lens • Lesson 12. Celebrate the Journey • Health Challenge #12: Practice Gratitude • Acknowledgments • References • Index
Review Quotes
Choice
"Her solutions are well thought out and documented, and should assist all health care workers with their self-awareness, self-care, and self-improvement issues. The book is a fast and interesting read that should be given to all health care professionals to remind them about the importance of mindfulness. Highly recommended."
Family Medicine
“In A Doctor’s Dozen, Catherine Florio Pipas, MD, MPH brings her experience and that of 12 patients to provide 12 important strategies for health and wellness. . . . A gold mine of insight and good practical advice. . . . There are a few books that medical students, residents, and practicing physicians find the time to read that have a profound impact on the meaning one gets from the work of doctoring. This is such a book. I recommend that A Doctor’s Dozen be dog-eared and on the bookshelf of anyone in family medicine education. You may need to buy multiple copies since you are likely to give it out to learners in distress.”
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