MD George L. Litman & MD Jack H. Mitstifer 
Masterful Medicine 

Masterful medicine is the pursuit of perfection. Perfection may be unattainable, but the pursuit of perfection is available to all who have courage, determination and perseverance. Masters of any endeavor learn with practice to be the very best. They learn with equal measure from their successes, challenges, and failures. Masterful Medicine will inspire physicians to achieve a masterful practice of medicine, and to live a masterful life. This book describes the values and attributes that give meaning to masterful medicine. Masterful medicine is personal. A physician can practice masterful medicine without technology, but not without humanity. This book is a framework for the timeless skills, values, and attributes of masterful medicine, all of which can be learned and embellished. That is the beauty of masterful medicine: it can be learned and perfected over a lifetime. Medicine makes the world better. Masterful medicine makes medicine better.