Books on Why American Medicine Hasn’t Been Fixed..4-1-26 show Part 2
Severed Trust: Why American Medicine Hasn’t Been Fixed
In January 1999 George Lundberg, the highly respected editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, was fired by the AMA. The stated reason for his dismissal was his rushing into print a study of sex that seemed to support President Clinton’s dubious definitions of infidelity. But as the media furor rose to fever pitch, it became clear that this “oral sex debacle” was not Lundberg’s first brush with controversy. He had outraged the AMA by charging on “60 Minutes” that doctors were burying their mistakes by not performing autopsies, and he had taken strong stands on such hot-button topics as assisted suicide, gun control, alternative medicine, and abortion. In this no-holds-barred book, Lundberg, now editor in chief of the online medical journal Medscape, speaks out on the crisis in contemporary medicine. He charges that organized medicine has surrendered to an overbuilt and overused political-industrial complex that underfunds prevention, undermines scientific research, and overlooks patients’ needs-with disastrous results for doctors and patients alike. High costs and managed care are the least of our problems, says Lundberg: the greatest threat is the pervasive erosion of professional standards. Lundberg’s keen analysis of greedy doctors, profit-hungry drug companies, and a corrupted AMA that seeks only to protect vested interests is certain to provoke controversy and stimulate debate
Broken and Brave: The Fight to Heal American Healthcare
by Tiffany Smith
What if the system that’s supposed to save you is actually the one destroying you? Broken and Brave is part medical memoir, part healthcare exposé, and part manifesto—a gut-punch of truth from a nurse who dared to speak out. With over 15 years on the frontlines of American medicine, Tiffany Smith exposes the cracks, the chaos, and the quiet collapse of a system that’s profiting from our pain. In this raw, unfiltered account, you’ll walk through a single 12-hour hospital shift during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic—and then zoom out to see the bigger picture: insurance corruption, pharmaceutical manipulation, provider burnout, and the emotional and physical toll on both patients and healthcare workers. Told with grit, sarcasm, empathy, and fire, Broken and Brave isn’t just a book—it’s a reckoning. If you’ve ever felt failed by the system, silenced at your bedside, or shattered behind the scenes of care, this is the story you’ve been waiting for.
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