{"product_id":"doctored-book-sandeep-jauhar-9780374141394","title":"Doctored","description":"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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49521490755857,"sku":"CIN0374141398G","price":6.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52280853790993,"sku":"CIN0374141398VG","price":6.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0374141398.jpg?v=1751260097","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/doctored-book-sandeep-jauhar-9780374141394","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}