"From the author of On Tyranny comes an urgent diagnosis of an American malady: our heartless system of commercial medicine and our politics of pain. On December 29, 2019, historian Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. Unable to stand, barely able to think, he waited for hours in an emergency room before being correctly diagnosed and rushed into surgery. Over the next few days, as he clung to life and the first light of a new year came through his window,...

Presents a critique of American medicine, arguing that corporate interests have taken over clinical research and medical practice, leading to a crisis in American health in which doctors and the public are misled about drugs, tests, and other treatments; looks at what research really shows about common chronic diseases; and offers suggestions on how to restore the integrity of medical science.

Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among Schoolchildren, and Home Town. He has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the "master of the non-fiction narrative." This powerful and inspiring new book shows how one person can make a difference, as Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who is in love with the world and has set out to do all he can to cure it. At the...

Reprints over thirty articles, book excerpts, speeches, and studies that examine issues related to health care in the United States, discussing the treatment of common ailments and diseases, the business of health care, women's health, elder care, and alternative medicine.

While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weights whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.

Recounting the stories of five individuals denied access to medical care due to a lack of adequate insurance, a physician at Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston--which emphasizes people over payments--interweaves their dramas into a singular narrative that contradicts the established idea that the only way to receive good healthcare is with good insurance.

Presents the history of the Black Panther Party's efforts in health activism for African Americans by providing free medical care to fight against medical discrimination and raise awareness for genetic diseases.