Healthcare has lost its mission, and the damage affects not only the patients. Industrialized medicine also kills the soul of the healer. "Why We Revolt" is V. Montori's personal call for care with kindness, integrity, and a true relationship with the patient. His message is not merely medical; it is universal.
At a time when National Health Systems worldwide are tested by underfunding, staff shortages, and increasing bureaucracy, the author proposes a radical rethinking of care. Drawing on his many years of clinical and research experience, as well as a deep belief in the value of human relationships, he presents a redesign proposal, to benefit both patients and healthcare professionals, for a healthcare system that serves people and not metrics and processes.
The book is structured as a series of essays. The first part discusses the pathologies of industrialized healthcare, the points that the revolution must target: harshness, ambiguity, burden, and greed. The second part discusses some antidotes: elegance, solidarity, love, and integrity. The third refers to time and demonstrates that for care to be meaningful, it must escape the logic of haste. In the fourth and final part, it shows us the way out of the crisis plaguing healthcare, urging us to ignore fear and to believe that we can start this revolution, that we can bring about change.
Victor Montori, Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, with over 800 scientific publications to his credit, is considered one of the most influential researchers globally and a leading voice against the industrialization of medicine. Founder of the Patient Revolution movement and a pioneer of minimally disruptive medicine, he has dedicated his life to promoting care that respects the individual and reduces the therapeutic burden on patients.
