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A 5 page book review/essay that examines the premises posited by David Schwartz in his text Who Cares? In this text, Schwartz (1997) not only defines what is lacking in our society, but offers sensible commentary and suggestions on what can be done to correct this situation, as well as what is wrong with some of the steps that are usually taken to correct social ills. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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and undefined, just a feeling that there should be more to life. In his text Who Cares? David Schwartz (1997) not only defines what is lacking, but offers sensible
commentary and suggestions on what can be done to correct this situation, as well as what is wrong with some of the steps that are usually taken to correct social
ills. For example, when mistakes happen on an institutional level, there is always a call for increased management efficiency. This is a simple solution to the problem that sounds
right, but is fundamentally wrong. Schwartz cites the example of a man admitted to a Florida hospital whose healthy leg was amputated, rather than the diseased leg (1997). The hospital
in question immediately designed a system to increase hospital management efficiency. A new rule was instituted that, from that point forward, any patient coming into the hospital to have anything
removed (kidney, etc.) would receive a big "X" over the healthy counterpart, so that it would be obvious which was which. Schwartz comments that, undoubtedly, job descriptions would be
formulated to describe writing the X, staff training would be instituted to show how to write the X and document it, and the procurement office would be paced in charge
of ordering the markers, with the "quality review office" determining "that all of these procedures are being performed as specified, in preparation for the accreditation survey" (1997,p. 110). However,
while this solution seems logical, Schwartz points out that it is fundamentally wrong because it does not address the root of the problem, which is that the surgeon obviously did
not know his patient. If a doctor knows his patients, their history and background, then that patient is a "live person" to them, and not just a body on
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