Ronald Epstein
Ronald Epstein, MD, family and palliative care physician, teacher, researcher, and writer, has devoted his career to understanding and improving communication, quality, and clinician mindfulness in healthcare through groundbreaking research and educational programs. With Mick Krasner, Ron is cofounder of Mindful Practice Programs at the University of Rochester, where he is a professor of family medicine, psychiatry, oncology, and medicine. Ron has published more than 250 works on communication and mindfulness in healthcare, has received several humanism-in-medicine awards, and is an internationally recognized speaker. His first book is Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity.
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Time and Intimacy in Healthcare
As in music, where silences can have the same exquisite beauty as notes, silence can deepen a relationship between a doctor and a patient, says Kripalu presenter Ronald Epstein, MD.
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Being Present: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity
When patients say their doctor is “really there,” they are usually referring to a quality of being, says Ronald Epstein, MD.
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