Bibliograph

Doctored, the disillusionment of an American physician, Sandeep Jauhar

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Doctored, the disillusionment of an American physician, Sandeep Jauhar

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-265)

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Doctored

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

861470607

Responsibility statement

Sandeep Jauhar

Sub title

the disillusionment of an American physician

Summary

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 look at what really goes on in examining rooms, ORs, and your own doctor's mind; and, most of all, a 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

Table Of Contents

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

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