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Doctored : the disillusionment of an American physician / Sandeep Jauhar.

by Jauhar, Sandeep, 1968-

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.

Jauhar, Sandeep, 1968-

Physicians -- United States -- Biography.

Cardiologists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.

Delivery of Health Care -- United States.

Medical care -- United States

9780374141394 (hc.)

0374141398 (hc.)

x, 268 pages ; 24 cm

Storm -- Medicine at midlife -- Ambition. Awakening ; Odd conceptions ; Learning curve ; Good intentions ; Do the right thing ; Double effect ; Hatching a plan ; Pact -- Asperity. Stress test ; Moral hazard ; Devotion ; Denial ; Deluge -- Adjustment. Deception ; Ticktock ; Follow the money ; Speed dating ; Diversion ; A country husband.

In his memoir "Intern: a doctor's initiation." Sandeep Jauhar chronicled the formative years of his residency at a prestigious New York City hospital. Doctored, his harrowing follow-up, 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. With a decade's 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 getting lower. Cronyism determines referrals, corporate ties distort medical decisions, and unnecessary tests are routinely performed to generate income. Meanwhile, a single patient might see fifteen specialists and still fail to receive a full picture of his actual condition. Jauhar has written an introspective memoir that is also an impassioned plea for reform.--From publisher description.

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