Vital Conversations

I applaud Dennis Rosen, MD, for bringing attention to an important aspect of medicine in our modern world. Thorough and robust, his stories are engaging, true gems of health literacy and the appreciation of cultural influences. These and other aspects make Vital Conversations an excellent source of ideas on how to enhance treatment. -- Joseph Shrand, MD, Harvard Medical School, author of Outsmarting Anger: 7 Strategies for Defusing our Most Dangerous Emotion At a time when there has been marked degradation of physician-patient communication, Dennis Rosen, MD, takes us back to the basics: the need for ways to foster an exquisite and intimate connection. He clearly understands what doctors should do to raise the bar, and it is fully captured in Vital Conversations. -- Eric J. Topol, MD, Scripps Research Institute, author of The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care Timely... Full of personal anecdotes, selected research in biomedicine, sociology and anthropology and lots of footnotes (but reader friendly), Rosen's book should be read by physicians and students of medicine and nursing, as well as laymen interested in our medical system. -- Judy Siegel-Itzkovich The Jerusalem Post 8/17/14 Provides moving examples of actual patient scenarios... [that] establish Rosen as a caring and empathetic physician with a wealth of experience to share. -- Amy Forman Massachusetts Jewish Journal 9/18/14 Vital Conversations is a thoughtful and accessible read for providers and patients alike. -- Liza Pine Humanizing Medicine 11/17/14