What do you think about the way the book is presented?

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This is an interesting read- a practitioner turned a patient herself. May lessons can be learned as a well-experienced person is sharing her both side perspectives.
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I think the chapters together do make up an important collection that talks about her childhood, her illness, and the healthcare system. I think the way it is set up matters, because it shows both the big picture and the small day-to-day details of the author's life and what they went through.
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The pieces in this book were not dispersed, but rather interconnected. From the author's perspective as a practitioner in the medical field to her personal experience as a patient. It was extremely useful and insightful to me. One thing I took away from the book was the importance of valuing our health. We only have one life and one body. We must look after it in order for it to look after us.
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Sushan wrote: 31 May 2021, 23:46 The author has talked about general practitioners, her childhood home, and her own illness while talking about health insurance plans, choosing a primary care provider, creating living wills, etc. (Chapter 1 - about her illness, chapter 2 - why she wrote this book, chapter 3 - her father's practice and her childhood)

Do you feel like this book is a collection of scattered pieces of information or do you see a logical connection in between these content? What might have been the author's intention in including all this lateral information when she wanted to talk about the 'business aspect' of healthcare system?
I loved how she presented information; particularly, her experience as a patient and a multi-generation health practitioner. It gives a new perspective on how medicine works and how it's changing throughout generations. To me, the logical connection between her personal life and the lessons on "The business of healthcare" is in the fact that, although medicine is a business, its ultimate purpose is to take care of people, so it should work differently than other businesses. That's my main takeaway from the book.
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I think this book is not just writing scattered pieces of information because there is also the author's experiences with her illness. I think the author wants to make this book to make the reader understand about the complexity of the health care business as well as talk about her experience in it.
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The book was presented in a commending manner. I didn't have any difficulty or problem with the way it was presented.
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The book presentation is fascinating. The author bringing her experiences and that of her patients is a good way to make the book sound very authentic and real.
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The book was well-plotted and information came in the order of importance. I enjoyed how the information was presented it was fascinating.
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I don't see the book as a collection of scattered information. Rather, I see that the author wants to give out health information but in a way that would sound original as coming out from the experience's mouth. That's she narrates her story and then goes into giving health information. This compilation of information is not just representing distinct information but they are functional to bring the health care information to the readers in an engaging and convincing manner
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I don't see them as scattered information. But I would say they are more like chips to help readers better understand for the real life perspective
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wow... I thought I was the only one that observed this. While reading I felt some of the stories were not connected and felt off. I really cant tell the intention of the author for writing this book. However the end of the story was quite okay.
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For me, I prefer books with personal stories as evidence or examples. So the way the book was presented was fine with me.
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Well, I see this book as a true-life story. Although the had scattered information and was boring in some parts well she did well
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For me, this book was presented in a very organized manner. All information came at the right time and right place.
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gabrielletiemi wrote: 01 Jun 2021, 12:32 At first, I thought that the first chapters you talked about weren't related, but after reading the entire volume, I found out that it was very helpful for me to relate to her as a common person who also needs health insurance plans because it's very common to read books that the author distances herself or himself from events, but the author here talked about her story too, making it easier to understand her motivations and to relate to the book too.
Yes I agree with you, this book was so helpful to me.
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