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(P)luck : Lessons we learned for improving healthcare and the world / Alfred Sadler and Blair Sadler.

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"Pluck brings together the spirit of courage, taking of roads-less-traveled, and living with a mindset focused on possibility that we can all call upon to improve everyday life. It inspires hope and collaboration, as well as meaningful change and actions.Alfred Sadler and Blair Sadler, a doctor and a lawyer, who are also twin brothers, worked together on the early laws concerning organ donation and the first heart transplants, the emergence of the physician assistant profession, the birth of bioethics, and the creation of emergency medicine including 9-1-1. In this compelling and stirring book, they take us on a fascinating journey through the National Institutes of Health, Yale University Medical School, The Hastings Center on Bioethics, and the RobertWood Johnson Foundation. In Pluck, the Sadlers recall being in rooms where major changes occurred that have had multi-generational and lifesaving impacts on our country's healthcare. They describe their roles in helping to lead and accelerate the pace andscale of needed change. The lessons they learned are enduring and relevant today. They share them, with the belief and confidence they will motivate people to constructive action. Whether you are interested in healthcare, environmental activism, criminaljustice reform, economic and racial equity, or education, transformation is possible with the help of the authors' 15 lessons for catalyzing change that conclude their enriching book"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781735873176
  • ISBN: 1735873179
  • Physical Description: xviii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Carmel : Silicon Valley Press, [2022].

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-197) and indexes.
Subject: Health care reform > United States.
Health services accessibility.
Medical care > United States.
Patients > United States.
Health insurance > United States.
Medical policy.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library 362.10425 SADLER 2022 (Text) 0001012491812 Nonfiction Available -

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Pluck : Lessons We Learned for Improving Healthcare and the World
Pluck : Lessons We Learned for Improving Healthcare and the World
by Sadler, Alfred; Sadler, Blair
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Pluck : Lessons We Learned for Improving Healthcare and the World


"A GEM OF A BOOK." --Donald Berwick, MD 50 years ago a uniform organ donation law had not been enacted, the physician assistant wasn't a profession, bioethics wasn't a field, and emergency medical services was a hearse or a painted station wagon with a driver who had inadequate medical training, and 9-1-1 didn't yet exist. From 1967 to 1976, Alfred Sadler and Blair Sadler, a doctor and a lawyer, who are also twin brothers, collaborated on major decisions and laws which had multigenerational and lifesaving impacts in our country including: ✓ The transformation of emergency medicine from a wasteland to a vital component of health care ✓ The development of the universal state law (Uniform Anatomical Gift Act) authorizing organ donation and transplantation ✓ The birth of the brand-new physician assistant profession ✓ The emergence of bioethics as a core principle in healthcare today In Pluck , the Sadlers share their extraordinary story of helping to create change in four different areas of healthcare in just nine years, while working at the National Institutes of Health, Yale University Medical School, The Hastings Center on Bioethics, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The book also highlights 15 lessons for catalyzing change that endure and are relevant today. Pluck will inspire, motivate, and educate the next generation who are committed to making positive changes in our world.

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