Doctored by Sandeep Jauhar
Doctored is the shocking follow-up to Intern, Sandeep Jauhar's widely praised chronicle of the harsh realities of a hospital residency. Now the director of the Heart Failure Program at a Long Island hospital, Jauhar uses his own story as a scalpel to lay open the American health-care system. The patient is ill indeed. A perverse system forces doctors to prescribe unnecessary tests and participate in an elaborate system of cronyism just to cover costs and protect themselves from malpractice suits. Jauhar reports cases where a single patient might see fifteen specialists in one hospital stay, fail to receive a full picture of his actual condition, and leave with a bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Jauhar himself wrestles with his conscience as, struggling to make ends meet. he moonlights for a practitioner who charges exorbitant fees for tests of questionable value. Doctored is a cry for reform; a fascinating look at what really goes on in examining rooms, ORs, and your own doctor's mind; and, most of all, a deeply personal and unsparing act of introspection by a physician who wants to return meaning and moral grounding to a noble profession that has lost its way. It is certain to kick off controversy and heated debate at a time when the dysfunctionalities of the US health-care system remain at the top of America's agenda.Sandeep Jauhar, MD, is a successful cardiologist and the director of the Long Island Jewish Medical Center's Heart Failure Program. Intern is his first book, and he contributes to the New York Times and the New England Journal of Medicine on a regular basis. With his wife and two children, he lives on Long Island.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780374141394 |
| ISBN 10 | 0374141398 |
| Title | Doctored |
| Author | Sandeep Jauhar |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Year published | 2014-08-19 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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