LEE TOMLINSON-AUTHOR-COMPASSION HEALS_FROM SELF CARE TO HEALTHCARE

Lee Tomlinson

Biography

The life mission of Lee Tomlinson – also known as “Patient Lee” --

is to inspire healthcare professionals to return compassionate care 

to its rightful place at the forefront of modern healthcare — to 

benefit patients, their families, the bottom line; and perhaps most 

importantly, they’re often suffering, “burned-out” selves.

Finding this mission wasn’t even remotely easy.

Award-winning television producer, movie studio executive and -

owner, former professional athlete, speaker and TED Talk 

presenter, “Patient Lee” is alive today due to the combination of a 

lifetime of extraordinarily effective medical treatment and deeply 

kind, compassionate care.

Unfortunately, during a recent battle with Stage 3+ throat cancer, 

“Patient Lee” became painfully aware of the trauma caused by 

treatment lacking in compassion that drove him to the darkest of 

depths. What saved him from suicide was a tiny, simple, yet powerful act of compassion delivered by a 

loving doctor and friend.

With his renewed zeal for life and newfound purpose, “Patient Lee” created the Compassion Heals 

Movement. This Movement is designed to reconnect America’s 20 million healthcare professionals with the 

compassion that got them into healthcare in the first place. Then, do whatever is necessary to prevent the 

“burn-out” that affects over 60% of these vital caretakers, rendering them unable to provide compassion to 

their patients, themselves, or anyone else. And finally, once healed of their own distress, to reignite these 

dedicated professionals, and inspire them to redouble their efforts in providing even more compassion than 

before — all to better heal their patients and the world.

Lee has already told his story on more than 200 stages around the world, wearing nothing but a hospital 

gown. Presented with his unique mixture of humor, compassion, urgency, encouragement and call-to￾action, “Patient Lee” is making a difference in restoring compassion to healthcare…and to the world at 

large.

For more information, visit www.LeeTomlinson.com.

COMPASSION HEALS_FROM SELF CARE TO HEALTHCARE 

Description

How can one moment of compassion make the difference between surrendering to death and fighting to live?

In Compassion Heals: From Self-Care to Healthcare, “Patient Lee” Tomlinson explores the immense healing power of compassion for patients and the healthcare professionals who provide it. A Stage III+ throat cancer survivor, Lee shares intimacy and urgency in his experience with a healthcare system so lacking in compassion it had him considering suicide, and how one simple moment of compassion from a physician saved his life.

This book serves as a reminder to all of us, but especially to those working in healthcare—the doctors, nurses, caretakers, administrators—of the necessity of providing treatment equally competent and compassionate to ensure the best possible patient outcomes.

Through compelling, scientific evidence and deeply moving personal experiences, Lee explores:

• The irrefutable and overwhelming evidence that compassion saves lives and measurably improves both patient and provider health
• The devastating, quarter-century decline of compassion in today’s healthcare and how it impacts patients, providers, and a hospital’s bottom line
• Healthcare professional burnout—its cause, how it destroys one’s ability to provide compassionate care, and how to recover from it
• Why 50 percent of patients today believe their healthcare professionals and the healthcare system lack compassion
• The CARE Effect Movement: Why Lee founded the movement to bring Connection, Attention, Respect and Empathy back to the forefront of modern medicine

Lee Tomlinson is a C-Suite entertainment industry executive, TEDx presenter, keynote speaker, and advanced cancer survivor. His journey from diagnosis, through treatment, and into remission is a testament to the importance of compassion in healthcare and the potentially devastating consequences when it is absent. As founder of the CARE Effect Movement, his mission is to promote the “heart, science, and business of compassion.”

Product Details

• ASIN: B091Y4W471
• Publisher: Waterside Productions (April 5, 2021)
• Publication date: April 5, 2021
• Language: English
• File size: 650 KB
• Simultaneous device usage: Unlimited
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Screen Reader: Supported
• Enhanced typesetting: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Word Wise: Not Enabled
• Print length: 73 pages
• Lending: Not Enabled