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💰 Medical Costs

Analyses of why healthcare is so expensive—from drug pricing to hospital billing—and what might be done to make treatment accessible without financial devastation.
An American Sickness
by Elisabeth Rosenthal • 2017
American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.
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8k+
🏥 American Healthcare💰 Healthcare Economics🏢 Corporate Medicine
An American Sickness Summary
An American Sickness 90%
American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.
by Elisabeth Rosenthal 2017
4.29
8k+ ratings
🏥 American Healthcare💰 Healthcare Economics🏢 Corporate Medicine
Doctored
by Sandeep Jauhar • 2014
Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.
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1k+
🇺🇸 American Healthcare🩺 Medical Memoir😞 Physician Burnout
Doctored Summary
Doctored 90%
Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.
by Sandeep Jauhar 2014
3.61
1k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Healthcare🩺 Medical Memoir😞 Physician Burnout
The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care
by Sally C. Pipes • 2008
The 46 million uninsured is a mirage; government is the real problem.
3.54
24
🏥 Healthcare Policy📉 Free-Market Economics🇨🇦 Single-Payer Critique
The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care Summary
The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care 90%
The 46 million uninsured is a mirage; government is the real problem.
by Sally C. Pipes 2008
3.54
24 ratings
🏥 Healthcare Policy📉 Free-Market Economics🇨🇦 Single-Payer Critique
The Price We Pay
by Marty Makary • 2019
A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.
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4k+
🏥 American Healthcare💰 Healthcare Economics⚕️ Overtreatment
The Price We Pay Summary
The Price We Pay 89%
A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.
by Marty Makary 2019
4.45
4k+ ratings
🏥 American Healthcare💰 Healthcare Economics⚕️ Overtreatment
We've Got You Covered
by Liran Einav • 2023
America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.
4.09
386
🏥 American Healthcare📊 Health Economics🏛 Health Policy
We've Got You Covered Summary
We've Got You Covered 89%
America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.
by Liran Einav 2023
4.09
386 ratings
🏥 American Healthcare📊 Health Economics🏛 Health Policy
The People's Hospital
by Ricardo Nuila • 2020
America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.
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🏥 American Healthcare💰 Healthcare Economics⚖️ Medical Inequality
The People's Hospital Summary
The People's Hospital 89%
America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.
by Ricardo Nuila 2020
4.38
4k+ ratings
🏥 American Healthcare💰 Healthcare Economics⚖️ Medical Inequality
The Primal Prescription
by Doug McGuff • 2015
Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.
4.24
131
📊 Healthcare Economics🦴 Ancestral Health💊 Drug Regulation
The Primal Prescription Summary
The Primal Prescription 89%
Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.
by Doug McGuff 2015
4.24
131 ratings
📊 Healthcare Economics🦴 Ancestral Health💊 Drug Regulation
Medicare for All
by Abdul El-Sayed • 2021
$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.
4.36
349
🏥 Healthcare Reform🇺🇸 American Healthcare🏛️ Single-Payer Systems
Medicare for All Summary
Medicare for All 89%
$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.
by Abdul El-Sayed 2021
4.36
349 ratings
🏥 Healthcare Reform🇺🇸 American Healthcare🏛️ Single-Payer Systems
Unaccountable
by Marty Makary • 2012
Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.
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2k+
🏥 Hospital Accountability🔍 Medical Transparency🛡️ Patient Safety
Unaccountable Summary
Unaccountable 89%
Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.
by Marty Makary 2012
4.29
2k+ ratings
🏥 Hospital Accountability🔍 Medical Transparency🛡️ Patient Safety
Get What's Yours for Medicare
by Philip Moeller • 2016
Medicare errors trigger lifetime penalties. The gaps, rules, and fixes the handbook skips.
3.84
258
🏥 Medicare Navigation🛡️ Health Insurance📢 Consumer Advocacy
Get What's Yours for Medicare Summary
Get What's Yours for Medicare 89%
Medicare errors trigger lifetime penalties. The gaps, rules, and fixes the handbook skips.
by Philip Moeller 2016
3.84
258 ratings
🏥 Medicare Navigation🛡️ Health Insurance📢 Consumer Advocacy
Our Malady
by Timothy Snyder • 2020
From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.
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2k+
🇺🇸 American Healthcare🏥 Healthcare Reform💰 Profit In Medicine
Our Malady Summary
Our Malady 88%
From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.
by Timothy Snyder 2020
4.14
2k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Healthcare🏥 Healthcare Reform💰 Profit In Medicine
How to Make a Killing
by Tom Mueller • 2023
America's dialysis duopoly: 22 percent of patients die each year, and the business model is why.
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461
🏥 For-Profit Healthcare📰 Corporate Exposé⚖️ Healthcare Disparities
How to Make a Killing Summary
How to Make a Killing 88%
America's dialysis duopoly: 22 percent of patients die each year, and the business model is why.
by Tom Mueller 2023
3.92
461 ratings
🏥 For-Profit Healthcare📰 Corporate Exposé⚖️ Healthcare Disparities
Redefining Health Care
by Michael E. Porter • 2006
US health competition is zero-sum. Shift it to patient results and excellent care gets cheaper.
3.91
397
🏥 Healthcare Strategy💰 Health Economics♟️ Competitive Strategy
Redefining Health Care Summary
Redefining Health Care 88%
US health competition is zero-sum. Shift it to patient results and excellent care gets cheaper.
by Michael E. Porter 2006
3.91
397 ratings
🏥 Healthcare Strategy💰 Health Economics♟️ Competitive Strategy
Sickening
by John Abramson • 2022
$4,500 extra per American each year for worse health. Drug companies control what doctors believe.
4.21
1k+
🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry🏥 American Healthcare📋 Evidence-Based Medicine
Sickening Summary
Sickening 88%
$4,500 extra per American each year for worse health. Drug companies control what doctors believe.
by John Abramson 2022
4.21
1k+ ratings
🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry🏥 American Healthcare📋 Evidence-Based Medicine
Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition
by Thomas Bodenheimer • 2012
Fifty million uninsured. World-class medicine. The policy architecture that produced both.
4.07
201
🏛️ Health Policy💰 Healthcare Economics🏥 U.S. Healthcare
Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition Summary
Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition 88%
Fifty million uninsured. World-class medicine. The policy architecture that produced both.
by Thomas Bodenheimer 2012
4.07
201 ratings
🏛️ Health Policy💰 Healthcare Economics🏥 U.S. Healthcare
How to Be a Patient
by Sana Goldberg • 2019
How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.
4.10
203
🗣️ Patient Advocacy🧭 Healthcare Navigation💬 Talking To Doctors
How to Be a Patient Summary
How to Be a Patient 87%
How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.
by Sana Goldberg 2019
4.10
203 ratings
🗣️ Patient Advocacy🧭 Healthcare Navigation💬 Talking To Doctors
Knocking on Heaven's Door
by Katy Butler • 2013
Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.
4.12
3k+
🫀 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Medical Overreach🤲 Caregiving
Knocking on Heaven's Door Summary
Knocking on Heaven's Door 87%
Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.
by Katy Butler 2013
4.12
3k+ ratings
🫀 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Medical Overreach🤲 Caregiving
Limits to Medicine
by Ivan Illich • 1974
Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.
4.04
612
🩺 Medical Criticism💊 Medicalization🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness
Limits to Medicine Summary
Limits to Medicine 87%
Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.
by Ivan Illich 1974
4.04
612 ratings
🩺 Medical Criticism💊 Medicalization🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness
Your Life in My Hands
by Rachel Clarke • 2017
Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.
3.78
4k+
🏥 NHS Crisis👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency🔥 Physician Burnout
Your Life in My Hands Summary
Your Life in My Hands 87%
Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.
by Rachel Clarke 2017
3.78
4k+ ratings
🏥 NHS Crisis👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency🔥 Physician Burnout
One Nation, Uninsured
by Jill Quadagno • 2005
Organized interests, not national values, killed universal health care in the United States.
3.61
123
🏥 Health Care Policy📜 Public Health History🏛️ Interest-Group Politics
One Nation, Uninsured Summary
One Nation, Uninsured 87%
Organized interests, not national values, killed universal health care in the United States.
by Jill Quadagno 2005
3.61
123 ratings
🏥 Health Care Policy📜 Public Health History🏛️ Interest-Group Politics
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo
by Ian Harris • 2016
Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.
4.16
196
🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine⚠️ Medical Overtreatment💊 Placebo Studies
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo Summary
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo 87%
Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.
by Ian Harris 2016
4.16
196 ratings
🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine⚠️ Medical Overtreatment💊 Placebo Studies
The Innovator's Prescription
by Clayton M. Christensen • 2008
Three incompatible business models live inside every hospital. Separating them is the cure.
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1k+
🏥 Healthcare Reform💡 Disruptive Innovation🧬 Precision Medicine
The Innovator's Prescription Summary
The Innovator's Prescription 87%
Three incompatible business models live inside every hospital. Separating them is the cure.
by Clayton M. Christensen 2008
4.20
1k+ ratings
🏥 Healthcare Reform💡 Disruptive Innovation🧬 Precision Medicine
World Without Cancer
by G. Edward Griffin • 1974
Cancer as a nutritional deficiency, cured by apricot seeds, and the cartel that buried the science.
4.31
495
🎗️ Cancer Treatment🍽️ Dietary Deficiency🕵️ Medical Conspiracy
World Without Cancer Summary
World Without Cancer 87%
Cancer as a nutritional deficiency, cured by apricot seeds, and the cartel that buried the science.
by G. Edward Griffin 1974
4.31
495 ratings
🎗️ Cancer Treatment🍽️ Dietary Deficiency🕵️ Medical Conspiracy
The Great Prostate Hoax
by Richard J. Ablin • 2014
The PSA test generates billions and doesn't save lives. Its discoverer explains how that happened.
4.49
115
🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis🔬 Cancer Screening📊 Evidence-Based Medicine
The Great Prostate Hoax Summary
The Great Prostate Hoax 87%
The PSA test generates billions and doesn't save lives. Its discoverer explains how that happened.
by Richard J. Ablin 2014
4.49
115 ratings
🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis🔬 Cancer Screening📊 Evidence-Based Medicine
Every Deep-Drawn Breath
by Wes Ely • 2021
ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.
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2k+
🫁 Critical Care🤝 Patient-Centered Care💛 Humanistic Medicine
Every Deep-Drawn Breath Summary
Every Deep-Drawn Breath 87%
ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.
by Wes Ely 2021
4.35
2k+ ratings
🫁 Critical Care🤝 Patient-Centered Care💛 Humanistic Medicine
A Giant Leap
by Robert M. Wachter • 2026
Generative AI learned to think clinically. Now all of American medicine is up for grabs.
4.15
279
🏥 Healthcare Ai💻 Digital Medicine🤖 Generative Ai
A Giant Leap Summary
A Giant Leap 87%
Generative AI learned to think clinically. Now all of American medicine is up for grabs.
by Robert M. Wachter 2026
4.15
279 ratings
🏥 Healthcare Ai💻 Digital Medicine🤖 Generative Ai
Do No Harm
by Henry Marsh • 2014
A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.
4.25
43k+
🧠 Neurosurgery✍️ Surgical Memoir⚠️ Medical Mistakes
Do No Harm Summary
Do No Harm 87%
A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.
by Henry Marsh 2014
4.25
43k+ ratings
🧠 Neurosurgery✍️ Surgical Memoir⚠️ Medical Mistakes
Ending Medical Reversal
by Vinayak K. Prasad • 2015
Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.
4.36
407
📊 Evidence-Based Medicine🧪 Clinical Trials🔍 Overdiagnosis
Ending Medical Reversal Summary
Ending Medical Reversal 87%
Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.
by Vinayak K. Prasad 2015
4.36
407 ratings
📊 Evidence-Based Medicine🧪 Clinical Trials🔍 Overdiagnosis
Medical Billing Coding For Dummies
by CPC Karen Smiley • 2012
The two certifications that land medical billing and coding jobs, and the rules that keep them.
3.82
138
🧑‍⚕️ Medical Coding🥼 Medical Billing🏥 Healthcare Administration
Medical Billing Coding For Dummies Summary
Medical Billing Coding For Dummies 87%
The two certifications that land medical billing and coding jobs, and the rules that keep them.
by CPC Karen Smiley 2012
3.82
138 ratings
🧑‍⚕️ Medical Coding🥼 Medical Billing🏥 Healthcare Administration
Forbidden Knowledge
by Terence H. Young • 2023
What your pharmacist doesn't tell you, and why the safest drugs are the least promoted.
💊 Big Pharma🛡️ Regulatory Capture⚖️ Medical Ethics
Forbidden Knowledge Summary
Forbidden Knowledge 87%
What your pharmacist doesn't tell you, and why the safest drugs are the least promoted.
by Terence H. Young 2023
💊 Big Pharma🛡️ Regulatory Capture⚖️ Medical Ethics
Crooked
by Cathryn Jakobson Ramin • 2017
Your MRI is lying, your injections don't help, and back surgery fails 60% of the time.
4.17
884
🩻 Back Pain🧠 Chronic Pain⚠️ Medical Overreach
Crooked Summary
Crooked 86%
Your MRI is lying, your injections don't help, and back surgery fails 60% of the time.
by Cathryn Jakobson Ramin 2017
4.17
884 ratings
🩻 Back Pain🧠 Chronic Pain⚠️ Medical Overreach
The Great Cholesterol Con
by Malcolm Kendrick • 2007
Cholesterol took the fall. Chronic stress and social breakdown are the true causes of heart disease.
4.23
879
🩸 Cholesterol Skepticism🏛️ Medical Orthodoxy😰 Stress And Health
The Great Cholesterol Con Summary
The Great Cholesterol Con 86%
Cholesterol took the fall. Chronic stress and social breakdown are the true causes of heart disease.
by Malcolm Kendrick 2007
4.23
879 ratings
🩸 Cholesterol Skepticism🏛️ Medical Orthodoxy😰 Stress And Health
ER Nurses
by James Patterson • 2021
What happens after the ambulance doors close: ER nurses tell the stories they can't forget.
4.17
8k+
🚨 Emergency Medicine🎙️ Oral History🩺 Medical Memoir
ER Nurses Summary
ER Nurses 86%
What happens after the ambulance doors close: ER nurses tell the stories they can't forget.
by James Patterson 2021
4.17
8k+ ratings
🚨 Emergency Medicine🎙️ Oral History🩺 Medical Memoir
Follow the Science
by Sharyl Attkisson • 2024
The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.
4.25
569
💊 Pharmaceutical Industry🩻 Medical Corruption🏛️ Regulatory Capture
Follow the Science Summary
Follow the Science 86%
The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.
by Sharyl Attkisson 2024
4.25
569 ratings
💊 Pharmaceutical Industry🩻 Medical Corruption🏛️ Regulatory Capture
The White Coat Investor
by James M. Dahle • 2014
Survive on a resident's salary for two extra years: retire a decade sooner.
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5k+
🩺 Physician Finances📊 Index Investing⏳ Delayed Gratification
The White Coat Investor Summary
The White Coat Investor 86%
Survive on a resident's salary for two extra years: retire a decade sooner.
by James M. Dahle 2014
4.39
5k+ ratings
🩺 Physician Finances📊 Index Investing⏳ Delayed Gratification
Deep Medicine
by Eric J. Topol • 2019
AI reads scans better than radiologists. The surprise: your doctor finally has time to listen.
4.01
3k+
🤖 Medical Ai🖥️ Digital Health🏥 Healthcare Reform
Deep Medicine Summary
Deep Medicine 86%
AI reads scans better than radiologists. The surprise: your doctor finally has time to listen.
by Eric J. Topol 2019
4.01
3k+ ratings
🤖 Medical Ai🖥️ Digital Health🏥 Healthcare Reform
Drug Dealer, MD
by Anna Lembke • 2016
How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.
4.00
1k+
💊 Opioid Epidemic💰 Pharma Industry Critique🩹 Pain Management
Drug Dealer, MD Summary
Drug Dealer, MD 86%
How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.
by Anna Lembke 2016
4.00
1k+ ratings
💊 Opioid Epidemic💰 Pharma Industry Critique🩹 Pain Management
Managing the Myths of Health Care
by Henry Mintzberg • 2017
Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.
3.47
74
🏥 Health Care Management📋 Health Policy🔄 Systems Thinking
Managing the Myths of Health Care Summary
Managing the Myths of Health Care 86%
Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.
by Henry Mintzberg 2017
3.47
74 ratings
🏥 Health Care Management📋 Health Policy🔄 Systems Thinking
The Shift
by Theresa Brown • 2015
Four patients, twelve hours: one nurse's shift reveals the invisible work that keeps people alive.
3.87
8k+
🏥 Hospital Nursing📝 Nursing Memoir💙 Emotional Labor
The Shift Summary
The Shift 86%
Four patients, twelve hours: one nurse's shift reveals the invisible work that keeps people alive.
by Theresa Brown 2015
3.87
8k+ ratings
🏥 Hospital Nursing📝 Nursing Memoir💙 Emotional Labor
Dementia Reimagined
by Tia Powell • 2019
Alzheimer's drugs fail 99.6 percent of the time. A physician's case for joy over cure.
3.90
445
🧠 Dementia Care🧓 Aging And Health🕊️ End-Of-Life Care
Dementia Reimagined Summary
Dementia Reimagined 86%
Alzheimer's drugs fail 99.6 percent of the time. A physician's case for joy over cure.
by Tia Powell 2019
3.90
445 ratings
🧠 Dementia Care🧓 Aging And Health🕊️ End-Of-Life Care
The Clot Thickens
by Malcolm Kendrick • 2021
Cholesterol doesn't clog arteries. Blood clots do, triggered by stress, sugar, and pollution.
4.65
658
🫀 Cardiovascular Health🔍 Cholesterol Skeptics🧪 Medical Myths
The Clot Thickens Summary
The Clot Thickens 86%
Cholesterol doesn't clog arteries. Blood clots do, triggered by stress, sugar, and pollution.
by Malcolm Kendrick 2021
4.65
658 ratings
🫀 Cardiovascular Health🔍 Cholesterol Skeptics🧪 Medical Myths
What Seems to Be the Problem?
by Laura Marshall-Andrews • 2022
She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.
4.18
299
🏥 General Practice📋 Nhs Memoirs🌿 Holistic Medicine
What Seems to Be the Problem? Summary
What Seems to Be the Problem? 86%
She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.
by Laura Marshall-Andrews 2022
4.18
299 ratings
🏥 General Practice📋 Nhs Memoirs🌿 Holistic Medicine
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
by Madeline Pendleton • 2024
The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.
4.52
4k+
💰 Financial Memoir📱 Millennial Money🏚️ Economic Precarity
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt Summary
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt 86%
The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.
by Madeline Pendleton 2024
4.52
4k+ ratings
💰 Financial Memoir📱 Millennial Money🏚️ Economic Precarity
This is Going to Hurt
by Adam Kay • 2017
Absurd patients, 97-hour weeks, and the one death that wasn't funny: a junior doctor's diary.
4.40
334k+
🏥 Medical Memoirs🩺 Healthcare System Critique🎓 Medical Training
This is Going to Hurt Summary
This is Going to Hurt 86%
Absurd patients, 97-hour weeks, and the one death that wasn't funny: a junior doctor's diary.
by Adam Kay 2017
4.40
334k+ ratings
🏥 Medical Memoirs🩺 Healthcare System Critique🎓 Medical Training
The Good Doctor
by Barron H. Lerner • 2014
One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.
3.86
189
⚕️ Medical Ethics📜 History Of Medicine👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism
The Good Doctor Summary
The Good Doctor 86%
One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.
by Barron H. Lerner 2014
3.86
189 ratings
⚕️ Medical Ethics📜 History Of Medicine👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism
Bleed
by Tracey Lindeman • 2023
190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.
4.32
518
🩺 Chronic Illness🩸 Reproductive Health⚖️ Medical Misogyny
Bleed Summary
Bleed 86%
190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.
by Tracey Lindeman 2023
4.32
518 ratings
🩺 Chronic Illness🩸 Reproductive Health⚖️ Medical Misogyny
Better
by Atul Gawande • 2007
Between what medicine knows and what it does, the stubborn details that close the gap.
4.25
37k+
🩺 Surgical Memoir⚖️ Medical Ethics🪖 Battlefield Medicine
Better Summary
Better 86%
Between what medicine knows and what it does, the stubborn details that close the gap.
by Atul Gawande 2007
4.25
37k+ ratings
🩺 Surgical Memoir⚖️ Medical Ethics🪖 Battlefield Medicine
God's Hotel
by Victoria Sweet • 2012
Time and observation healed patients at America’s last almshouse in ways modern medicine can’t.
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6k+
🏥 Hospital Memoir🕰️ Long-Term Care👩‍⚕️ Doctor-Patient Relationship
God's Hotel Summary
God's Hotel 86%
Time and observation healed patients at America’s last almshouse in ways modern medicine can’t.
by Victoria Sweet 2012
4.11
6k+ ratings
🏥 Hospital Memoir🕰️ Long-Term Care👩‍⚕️ Doctor-Patient Relationship
Complications
by Atul Gawande • 2002
Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.
4.28
53k+
🏥 Surgical Memoir⚖️ Medical Ethics📖 Narrative Medicine
Complications Summary
Complications 86%
Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.
by Atul Gawande 2002
4.28
53k+ ratings
🏥 Surgical Memoir⚖️ Medical Ethics📖 Narrative Medicine
The Social Determinants of Health
by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff • 2017
What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?
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37
🏥 Public Health🏗️ Structural Inequality🏢 Corporate Power
The Social Determinants of Health Summary
The Social Determinants of Health 86%
What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?
by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff 2017
4.19
37 ratings
🏥 Public Health🏗️ Structural Inequality🏢 Corporate Power
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