Demanding Compassion: How We Humanize Healthcare Again by Dr. William L. Scarlett

NOTE: This is a pre-order. The book is planned to ship in the early Winter of 2025.

*Proceeds from this book go to Feeding America

About the book:

What happened to compassion in healthcare?

In Demanding Compassion, Dr. William Scarlett pulls back the curtain on modern medicine—not the glossy version shown in marketing campaigns, but the reality lived by doctors, nurses, and patients every day. With candid honesty and deep conviction, Scarlett challenges both his colleagues and his patients to remember why medicine exists in the first place: to help people heal.

This book is both a call to action and a blueprint for change. For burned-out physicians questioning why they ever chose this path, Scarlett offers a reminder of their purpose and the hope that change is possible. For patients and their families, he offers empowerment—the knowledge that they are not powerless in the face of confusing systems and indifferent bureaucracy.

Demanding Compassion is an invitation: to challenge the status quo, to humanize healthcare again, and to reclaim the simple, revolutionary idea that people should be treated like people. Whether you're wearing a white coat or sitting in a waiting room, this book will inspire you to demand—and deliver—better and more compassionate care.