Healing Purpose
Finding Satisfaction in a Healthcare Career

a lot of good reminders in this book, to fix our eyes on God’s goodness and mercy while in the midst of tough clinical scenarios. the second half of the book does a great job in recognizing the purpose of lamenting with patients as well, and recognizing their inherent value as image bearers of God.......more

A Physician’s Search for Meaning: At the Bedside, gazing with Mark Topazian I worked with Dr. Mark Topazian as his endoscopy fellow for four years—hip to hip during complex, high-stakes cases. I watched him do what felt like miracles in the endoscopy unit. I learned a bedside approach that was stoic......more

As a patient advocate/blogger living with chronic illness for over 45 years I deeply appreciated reading Dr. Topazian’s Healing Purpose. I have been seen by countless healthcare professionals and have thought deeply about the patient/doctor relationship. Healing Purpose provided insight and real-lif......more

This is a thoughtfully written book that’s great for all healthcare workers and especially those who are taking patient history and doing a lot of bedside care. It’s not only great in asking the deeper questions for the patients but also the healthcare workers themselves as they are exposed to very u......more

I have been a Christian doctor for 40 years and am always looking for ways to pull “Christian” and “doctor” out of their separate compartments in my life and merge them into a unified identity. I loved Mark’s book for helping me in this quest. His recurrent theme is aligning ourselves with God in th......more