Advance Praise for “Laugh, Sing & Eat Like a Pig”

When I circulated early PDFs I hoped for encouragement, but I didn’t expect the kind of praise people sent. Here are those comments. (Or, you can just buy it on Amazon!)

^{See also: the book’s home page and Three Introductory Essays (full text) and links to websites mentioned in the book.}

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“In my list of greatest personal reads.”

“Was it my cheering or tears, the intimacy of the story, the caring nature of the community, the power of his vision, or just my awe of his guts? I suspect it was for all of those reasons and more that Dave’s book now ranks in my list of greatest personal reads.”

— James B. Conway, MS, FACHE, adjunct faculty member of the Harvard School of Public Health; Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

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“Listen up to e-Patient Dave. A must-read.”

“If you want to be an empowered patient – and you should – listen up to ‘e-Patient Dave.’ His lessons on participatory medicine can save your life just as I believe they saved his. Dave’s story has inspired me, and I’m sure it will inspire you. Dave’s a pioneer in the empowered patient movement, and Laugh, Sing, and Eat Like a Pig is a must-read for anyone who wants to take charge of their healthcare.”

— Elizabeth Cohen MPH, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent
Author, The Empowered Patient (Random House)

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“Required reading for patients and doctors”

“Dave embodies the idea that the patient is the most underutilized resource in medicine. His spirit, wisdom, and fearlessness are contagious. This book is required reading for patients and doctors, to learn how we can work together to make health care better.”

— Roni Zeiger, MD,
Chief Health Strategist, Google

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“An enormous impact on medicine”

“There is no doubt that Dave has made an enormous impact on medicine. He has been featured in Time and US News, testified in Washington, DC and now his wisdom and advice are available in this book to anyone facing a serious disease.”

— Kent Bottles, MD, President,
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement