Doctored by Jauhar Sandeep Jauhar
Brand: St. Martins Press
Product Description
In his acclaimed memoir Intern Sandeep Jauhar chronicled the formative years of his residency at a prestigious New York City hospital. Doctored his harrowing followup observes the crisis of American medicine through the eyes of an attending cardiologist. Hoping for the stability he needs to start a family Jauhar accepts a position at a massive teaching hospital on the outskirts of Queens. With a decades worth of elite medical training behind him he is eager to settle down and reap the rewards of countless sleepless nights. Instead he is confronted with sobering truths. Doctors morale is low and getting lower. Blatant cronyism determines patient referrals corporate ties distort medical decisions and unnecessary tests are routinely performed in order to generate income. Meanwhile a single patient in Jauhars hospital might see fifteen specialists in one stay and still fail to receive a full picture of his actual condition. Provoked by his unsettling experiences Jauhar has written an introspective memoir that is also an impassioned plea for reform. With American medicine at a crossroads Doctored is the important work of a writer unafraid to challenge the establishment and incite controversy. show more
Condition : New
Author : Jauhar Sandeep Jauhar
Weight : 484
Publisher : St. Martins Press
Language : English
EAN : 9780374535339
ISBN10 : 0374535337
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20230825
Place of Publication : New York
Pagination : 288 Pages
Dimensions : 210 X 139 X 21