Critical Condition: American Medicine at the Quarter-Century Mark - Hardcover

by Arthur L. Lazarus (Author)

Uncover the turbulent past and uncertain future of medical practice in Critical Condition: American Medicine at the Quarter-Century Mark by Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA-a gripping exploration of the forces reshaping healthcare today.

This book is divided into two sections:

Section 1: Analysis

Section 2: Accounts

Explore 48 incisive essays that cut to the heart of the most urgent lessons for navigating today's healthcare landscape-not as abstract statistics or policy debates, but as the lived experiences of patients, doctors, and healthcare workers nationwide. Together, they expose the crises at hand while offering a vision for the future of medicine.

Whether you are a physician struggling to stay afloat, a policymaker grappling with reform, or simply an American trying to navigate a healthcare system in flux, Critical Condition: American Medicine at the Quarter-Century Mark is for you. Our system may be in critical condition, but it is not beyond saving. The question remains: Do we have the will to heal it?

Author Biography

Arthur Lazarus is a psychiatrist and advocate for physicians and healthcare professionals experiencing various challenges in life, career, business and family. He has a degree in psychology from Boston University and attained his medical and business degrees from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He discovered the power of narrative medicine late in his career following decades of traditional academic publishing. His essays can be found online at KevinMD, MedPage Today, and Doximity, where he was among a select group of leaders in medical news curation, storytelling, and content creation. Arthur Lazarus' narratives have reached a large and diverse readership including clinicians, patients, medical trainees, and healthcare leaders.