Book Title: The Era Under the Scalpel: The Sharply Dissected Doctor-Patient Relationship

Synopsis:

Is medical care cruel? Often, it is nothing more than a point of no return—a dilemma where one is caught between a rock and a hard place.

However, I believe that one day, we will all learn:

Longevity is not the goal of medicine; fulfillment is.

No one wants to be a victim of medical error!

Liu Yu-chih, author of the blog "Surgical Paradise Lost," which has garnered over 20 million views, presents the most profound and sharpest documentary of current medical affairs!

With a pen that slices through the latent ills of society, he dissects all the ignored lesions and wounds.

Through the daily tragedies and comedies of life and death within the "White Tower," he reorganizes the correct communication relationship between doctors and patients!

Unraveling the public's doubts about the medical environment!

Is medicine omnipotent? Is more expensive medical care more effective? Is the "black hole" of drug pricing truly terrifying? Are National Health Insurance resources limitless? Is a doctor's diagnosis infallible or prone to oversights? Are nursing jobs secure? Can opening the door to foreign medical personnel ensure quality? If you want your child to become a doctor, what should you do? Does grueling, sleepless training alone forge a good doctor? Is the doctor-patient relationship destined to be forever unbalanced, with medical personnel trapped in a dead end? What will Taiwan's medical landscape look like in ten or twenty years?

It is naturally delightful to encounter accidental luck in the big and small matters of life, but we must ultimately return to rational assessment and evaluation to live truly and grounded.

Is medicine a point of no return? With years of experience and a unique, objective perspective, Dr. Liu analyzes the incessant daily entanglements between doctors and patients. Whether it is the endurance of emotions or tangible conflicts, these matters often transcend the scope of medical theory—driven by duty, urgent anxiety, and the extravagant hope and love for life. On the front lines of medical care, everyone is equally vulnerable. When facing illness, communication requires both sides to take a step back, finding a correct and effective path amidst respect and trust.

Medicine is the discipline most intimately and closely tied to human beings, and thus it always harbors various fears or self-centered awareness. How to find a balance within this is a crucial link explored in Dr. Liu’s medical writings. Where should Taiwan's medical environment move forward? Where is it headed? How can we be considerate to both doctors and patients, and how can they continue to exchange ideas? Through Dr. Liu’s warm, humorous, and highly satirical and critical prose and thought processes, we can witness the truth hidden beneath the white robes. Putting down the scalpel, he uses the sharp tip of his pen to slice through our era: the fallacies, the bad habits, the waste, the superstitions, and the dark side... Precisely because life is impermanent, we must, within limited time and resources, find together a fitting, gentle, and solid "White Power."

About the Author

Liu Yu-chih

Pen name: Xiao Zhizhi. Born in 1978, he is a surgeon and a self-proclaimed "internet geek" with a great curiosity about human nature, psychology, history, and science. He has long managed the blog "Surgical Paradise Lost," which has accumulated over 20 million views. He currently focuses on writing and public speaking, contributing columns to Crown Magazine, Apple Daily, People News, Science Boy, and Business Weekly - Good Doctor Health Net. He is also a contributor to PanSci and the Mandarin Daily News.

Books: Illustrated Life Medicine for Women and Children: Easy to Understand Daily Healthcare, Medical Dragon Chronicles, Secrets in the Belly, Blushing and Heart-Pounding Erotic Medicine, The Daring Scalpel: Black Humor in Surgical History, etc.