Compartments: How the Brightest, Best Trained, and Most Caring People Can Make Judgments That are Completely and Utterly Wrong

by Steven Feldman

"Dr. Steven Feldman has written an extraordinary book. Provocative and often brilliant, Dr. Feldman has examined his own thinking and that of the medical profession in general, critically looking for patterns of misunderstanding between medical specialties and between physicians and others concerned with public health. Dr. Feldman courageously applies his paradigm of conceptual "compartments" beyond medicine to contemporary political conflicts, searching for new, more hopeful and productive ways of engaging with previously intractable conflicts. Regardless of occupational or political loyalties, all will benefit from reading 'Compartments' . Dr. Feldman's book contains many stimulating ideas, an unflagging idealism, a willingness to question received wisdom and the potential to shock readers into thinking outside the box of his or her own 'compartment'."

-Michael Sugrue, Ph.D.

Professor of History and Chairman of the History Department, Ave Maria University

Genres: Nonfiction, Medicine

190 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Jase Alston · Rating 4 out of 5]

Almost a flawless book. The only problem is that Feldman gives too many examples to make the same basic point (and that point is the premise of this book so no spoilers). But this is a very enlightening book, and after reading it, hopefully readers will realize the limitations of their own perspectives.

[Steph · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very insightful book that started to make me think differently about how I view the world around me. I loved the fact that there were so many examples to better show his points throughout the book. My only dislike was using Wikipedia as a reference source for some of the material (sometimes Wikipedia can be right and sometimes wrong).