👩‍⚕️ Doctor Authors

Books written by physicians who bring clinical insight and intimate knowledge of the human body — and the human condition — to their storytelling or commentary.

Doctored

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2014

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

3.61

1k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout

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

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? 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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 Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes

by Andrew Lycett • 2007

Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.

3.91

299

📚 Literary Biography 👑 Victorian England 🔍 Detective Fiction

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes 89%

Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.

by Andrew Lycett 2007

3.91

299 ratings

📚 Literary Biography 👑 Victorian England 🔍 Detective Fiction

Compassionomics

by Stephen Trzeciak • 2019

Compassion isn't soft: the data shows it cuts costs, heals faster, and takes just forty seconds.

4.05

652

🏥 Patient Care 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔥 Physician Burnout

Compassionomics 89%

Compassion isn't soft: the data shows it cuts costs, heals faster, and takes just forty seconds.

by Stephen Trzeciak 2019

4.05

652 ratings

🏥 Patient Care 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔥 Physician Burnout

Diagnosis

by Lisa Sanders • 2019

High-tech scans get the glory, but the real diagnostic work starts with a doctor who listens.

4.00

4k+

🧩 Medical Mysteries 🦠 Rare Diseases 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Diagnosis 89%

High-tech scans get the glory, but the real diagnostic work starts with a doctor who listens.

by Lisa Sanders 2019

4.00

4k+ ratings

🧩 Medical Mysteries 🦠 Rare Diseases 🧠 Cognitive Biases

How Doctors Think

by Jerome Groopman • 2007

Why doctors misdiagnose, and the simple questions that can stop a cognitive error cold.

3.93

13k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Medical Error 🩺 Doctor Patient Relationship

How Doctors Think 88%

Why doctors misdiagnose, and the simple questions that can stop a cognitive error cold.

by Jerome Groopman 2007

3.93

13k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Medical Error 🩺 Doctor Patient Relationship

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

On Becoming a Doctor

by Tania Heller • 2009

A decade of training, six figures of debt, and one question to answer before you begin.

3.66

220

📋 Pre-Med Guidance 🏥 Medical Training 📚 Medical School Survival

On Becoming a Doctor 88%

A decade of training, six figures of debt, and one question to answer before you begin.

by Tania Heller 2009

3.66

220 ratings

📋 Pre-Med Guidance 🏥 Medical Training 📚 Medical School Survival

The Inner Consultation

by Roger Neighbour • 2015

When the voice in your head goes quiet, the patient finally gets heard. A consultation method.

4.02

🩺 Clinical Communication 💬 Patient-Centered Care 🧘 Mindful Practice

The Inner Consultation 88%

When the voice in your head goes quiet, the patient finally gets heard. A consultation method.

by Roger Neighbour 2015

4.02

46 ratings

🩺 Clinical Communication 💬 Patient-Centered Care 🧘 Mindful Practice

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 88%

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

The People's Hospital

by Ricardo Nuila • 2020

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

4.38

4k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality

The People's Hospital 88%

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 Unseen Body

by Jonathan Reisman • 2021

Twelve organs, twelve revelations: a physician's tour through the body's unseen interior.

3.98

2k+

🧬 Human Anatomy 📖 Medical Memoir 📚 Popular Medicine

The Unseen Body 88%

Twelve organs, twelve revelations: a physician's tour through the body's unseen interior.

by Jonathan Reisman 2021

3.98

2k+ ratings

🧬 Human Anatomy 📖 Medical Memoir 📚 Popular Medicine

Confessions of a Surgeon

by Paul A. Ruggieri • 2012

Under the drape, the patient stops being human. A surgeon tells the rest.

3.75

2k+

🏥 Surgical Memoirs 🪚 Surgeon Training 🏨 Hospital Culture

Confessions of a Surgeon 88%

Under the drape, the patient stops being human. A surgeon tells the rest.

by Paul A. Ruggieri 2012

3.75

2k+ ratings

🏥 Surgical Memoirs 🪚 Surgeon Training 🏨 Hospital Culture

When the Air Hits Your Brain

by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. • 1996

A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.

4.35

12k+

🧠 Neurosurgery 🏥 Medical Training ⚕️ Medical Fallibility

When the Air Hits Your Brain 88%

A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.

by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. 1996

4.35

12k+ ratings

🧠 Neurosurgery 🏥 Medical Training ⚕️ Medical Fallibility

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 88%

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

The Anatomy of Hope

by Jerome Groopman • 2003

Hope blocks pain through its own neurochemistry. A physician on why doctors must stop crushing it.

4.03

2k+

📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Doctor-Patient Bond 🧠 Mind-Body Healing

The Anatomy of Hope 88%

Hope blocks pain through its own neurochemistry. A physician on why doctors must stop crushing it.

by Jerome Groopman 2003

4.03

2k+ ratings

📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Doctor-Patient Bond 🧠 Mind-Body Healing

Little Miss Diagnosed

by Erin Nance • 2025

Why a 'cartoon fetus' badge made a surgeon quit the system and build her own.

4.22

364

🩺 Medical Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🥼 Surgical Training

Little Miss Diagnosed 88%

Why a 'cartoon fetus' badge made a surgeon quit the system and build her own.

by Erin Nance 2025

4.22

364 ratings

🩺 Medical Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🥼 Surgical Training

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 88%

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 88%

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

The Emperor of All Maladies

by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2010

Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.

4.34

116k+

📜 Medical History 🔬 Cancer Biology 📖 Disease Biography

The Emperor of All Maladies 88%

Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.

by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

4.34

116k+ ratings

📜 Medical History 🔬 Cancer Biology 📖 Disease Biography

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 88%

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

Gray Matters

by Theodore H. Schwartz • 2024

Brain surgery went from coin-flip gamble to wiring minds to machines. A neurosurgeon traces the arc.

4.36

1k+

🧠 Neurosurgery 🏥 History Of Medicine 🧬 Brain Science

Gray Matters 88%

Brain surgery went from coin-flip gamble to wiring minds to machines. A neurosurgeon traces the arc.

by Theodore H. Schwartz 2024

4.36

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neurosurgery 🏥 History Of Medicine 🧬 Brain Science

Everything in Its Place

by Oliver Sacks • 2019

Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.

4.14

3k+

🧠 Neurology 🩺 Medical Humanities 📖 Narrative Medicine

Everything in Its Place 88%

Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.

by Oliver Sacks 2019

4.14

3k+ ratings

🧠 Neurology 🩺 Medical Humanities 📖 Narrative Medicine

Replaceable You

by Mary Roach • 2025

Body parts are almost impossible to replace. The workarounds are ingenious, grotesque, and humbling.

4.06

13k+

🔬 Human Anatomy 🫁 Transplant Medicine 📜 Medical History

Replaceable You 88%

Body parts are almost impossible to replace. The workarounds are ingenious, grotesque, and humbling.

by Mary Roach 2025

4.06

13k+ ratings

🔬 Human Anatomy 🫁 Transplant Medicine 📜 Medical History

A Statin Nation

by Malcolm Kendrick • 2019

Cholesterol isn't the killer. Statins add days, not decades. The drug trials were rigged.

4.61

282

🩺 Medical Skepticism 🫀 Cholesterol Controversy 💊 Pharma Criticism

A Statin Nation 88%

Cholesterol isn't the killer. Statins add days, not decades. The drug trials were rigged.

by Malcolm Kendrick 2019

4.61

282 ratings

🩺 Medical Skepticism 🫀 Cholesterol Controversy 💊 Pharma Criticism

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 88%

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

Gifted Hands

by Ben Carson • 1992

From failing inner-city student to the surgeon who separated twins joined at the head.

4.18

23k+

🏥 Medical Memoirs 🧠 Surgical Pioneers 🌆 Overcoming Poverty

Gifted Hands 88%

From failing inner-city student to the surgeon who separated twins joined at the head.

by Ben Carson 1992

4.18

23k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Memoirs 🧠 Surgical Pioneers 🌆 Overcoming Poverty

Facing the Unseen

by Damon Tweedy • 2024

Psychiatry is exiled from mainstream medicine by design. A doctor's memoir of the human cost.

4.23

192

🩺 Medical Education 😵 Physician Burnout 🧠 Mind-Body Dualism

Facing the Unseen 88%

Psychiatry is exiled from mainstream medicine by design. A doctor's memoir of the human cost.

by Damon Tweedy 2024

4.23

192 ratings

🩺 Medical Education 😵 Physician Burnout 🧠 Mind-Body Dualism

War on Ivermectin

by Pierre Kory • 2023

A Nobel Prize-winning drug could have ended COVID. The agencies that buried it, from the inside.

4.68

304

🏭 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🦠 Early Covid Treatment 🔇 Scientific Censorship

War on Ivermectin 88%

A Nobel Prize-winning drug could have ended COVID. The agencies that buried it, from the inside.

by Pierre Kory 2023

4.68

304 ratings

🏭 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🦠 Early Covid Treatment 🔇 Scientific Censorship

On the Move

by Oliver Sacks • 2015

Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.

4.03

22k+

🧠 Clinical Neurology 🩺 Medical Memoir 🧬 Neurological Disorders

On the Move 88%

Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.

by Oliver Sacks 2015

4.03

22k+ ratings

🧠 Clinical Neurology 🩺 Medical Memoir 🧬 Neurological Disorders

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.

4.35

2k+

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine

Every Deep-Drawn Breath 88%

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

Unaccountable

by Marty Makary • 2012

Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.

4.29

2k+

🏥 Hospital Accountability 🔍 Medical Transparency 🛡️ Patient Safety

Unaccountable 88%

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

Thinking Outside the Pill Box

by Ty Vincent MD • 2012

Escape the prescription treadmill: a doctor's guide to nutrition, detox, and hormonal repair.

3.71

🩺 Integrative Medicine 🏥 Healthcare System Critique 🥗 Nutritional Healing

Thinking Outside the Pill Box 88%

Escape the prescription treadmill: a doctor's guide to nutrition, detox, and hormonal repair.

by Ty Vincent MD 2012

3.71

7 ratings

🩺 Integrative Medicine 🏥 Healthcare System Critique 🥗 Nutritional Healing

Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed

by Sophie J. Bakri • 2014

Silent eye diseases steal vision before you notice. A prevention roadmap from the Mayo Clinic.

4.19

👁️ Eye Health 🛡️ Preventive Medicine 👴 Healthy Aging

Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed Summary

Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed 88%

Silent eye diseases steal vision before you notice. A prevention roadmap from the Mayo Clinic.

by Sophie J. Bakri 2014

4.19

27 ratings

👁️ Eye Health 🛡️ Preventive Medicine 👴 Healthy Aging

Mountains Beyond Mountains

by Tracy Kidder • 2003

He cured untreatable TB in a one-room Haitian clinic. That was just his warm-up.

4.20

89k+

🌍 Global Health Equity 🩺 Medical Anthropology 💸 Aid Critique

Mountains Beyond Mountains 88%

He cured untreatable TB in a one-room Haitian clinic. That was just his warm-up.

by Tracy Kidder 2003

4.20

89k+ ratings

🌍 Global Health Equity 🩺 Medical Anthropology 💸 Aid Critique

Every Patient Tells a Story

by Lisa Sanders • 2009

Most diagnoses are found in what the patient says, yet doctors cut them off within seconds.

3.96

9k+

🩺 Clinical Diagnosis 📖 Narrative Medicine ⚠️ Diagnostic Errors

Every Patient Tells a Story 88%

Most diagnoses are found in what the patient says, yet doctors cut them off within seconds.

by Lisa Sanders 2009

3.96

9k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Diagnosis 📖 Narrative Medicine ⚠️ Diagnostic Errors

God's Hotel

by Victoria Sweet • 2012

Time and observation healed patients at America’s last almshouse in ways modern medicine can’t.

4.11

6k+

🏥 Hospital Memoir 🕰️ Long-Term Care 👩‍⚕️ Doctor-Patient Relationship

God's Hotel 88%

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

The Scalpel and the Silver Bear

by Lori Arviso Alvord • 2000

Why a Navajo surgeon began inviting medicine men into the operating room.

4.03

1k+

📖 Medical Memoir 🌿 Integrative Medicine 🔥 Traditional Healing

The Scalpel and the Silver Bear 87%

Why a Navajo surgeon began inviting medicine men into the operating room.

by Lori Arviso Alvord 2000

4.03

1k+ ratings

📖 Medical Memoir 🌿 Integrative Medicine 🔥 Traditional Healing

Gray Matter

by David I. Levy • 2011

A neurosurgeon starts praying with his patients. Then he watches the unexplainable happen.

4.21

2k+

🩺 Faith In Medicine 🧠 Neurosurgery Memoirs 🙏 Prayer And Healing

Gray Matter 87%

A neurosurgeon starts praying with his patients. Then he watches the unexplainable happen.

by David I. Levy 2011

4.21

2k+ ratings

🩺 Faith In Medicine 🧠 Neurosurgery Memoirs 🙏 Prayer And Healing

Curing the Incurable

by Thomas E. Levy • 2002

A vitamin cured sixty straight polio cases. The world forgot. The dosing that erases infections.

4.39

158

🧬 Orthomolecular Medicine 💊 Vitamin Therapy ⚡ High-Dose Nutrients

Curing the Incurable 87%

A vitamin cured sixty straight polio cases. The world forgot. The dosing that erases infections.

by Thomas E. Levy 2002

4.39

158 ratings

🧬 Orthomolecular Medicine 💊 Vitamin Therapy ⚡ High-Dose Nutrients

Coping with Psoriasis

by David L. Cram • 2000

The dermatologist's playbook for psoriasis: right doctor, right treatment, stop hiding.

3.60

🩹 Chronic Skin Conditions 🦠 Autoimmune Disorders 🤝 Doctor Patient Partnership

Coping with Psoriasis 87%

The dermatologist's playbook for psoriasis: right doctor, right treatment, stop hiding.

by David L. Cram 2000

3.60

5 ratings

🩹 Chronic Skin Conditions 🦠 Autoimmune Disorders 🤝 Doctor Patient Partnership

Gifted Hands, Revised Kids Edition

by Gregg Lewis • 2009

A fifth-grade failure becomes a world-famous neurosurgeon. Two household rules, one library card.

4.38

3k+

🩺 Medical Biography 📚 Reading And Literacy 🙏 Faith And Medicine

Gifted Hands, Revised Kids Edition Summary

Gifted Hands, Revised Kids Edition 87%

A fifth-grade failure becomes a world-famous neurosurgeon. Two household rules, one library card.

by Gregg Lewis 2009

4.38

3k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Biography 📚 Reading And Literacy 🙏 Faith And Medicine

Puzzles in General Surgery

by Hassan A. Bukhari • 2013

Clinical puzzles that build surgical judgment for the exam and the OR, from electrolytes to trauma.

4.43

🫀 General Surgery 📚 Surgery Study Guides 🩺 Perioperative Care

Puzzles in General Surgery 87%

Clinical puzzles that build surgical judgment for the exam and the OR, from electrolytes to trauma.

by Hassan A. Bukhari 2013

4.43

14 ratings

🫀 General Surgery 📚 Surgery Study Guides 🩺 Perioperative Care

The Occasional Human Sacrifice

by Carl Elliott • 2024

They expose deadly medical experiments and lose everything. Why they can't stay silent.

3.86

512

🏥 Medical Ethics 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

The Occasional Human Sacrifice 87%

They expose deadly medical experiments and lose everything. Why they can't stay silent.

by Carl Elliott 2024

3.86

512 ratings

🏥 Medical Ethics 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

Our Malady

by Timothy Snyder • 2020

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

4.14

2k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine

Our Malady 87%

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

To Repair the World

by Paul Farmer • 2013

A doctor's manifesto: replace charity with long-term solidarity and treat the impossible as doable.

4.11

1k+

🏥 Global Health Equity 🌍 Medical Anthropology 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health

To Repair the World 87%

A doctor's manifesto: replace charity with long-term solidarity and treat the impossible as doable.

by Paul Farmer 2013

4.11

1k+ ratings

🏥 Global Health Equity 🌍 Medical Anthropology 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health

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