The Great American Medical Show

<p>What happens when a seasoned physician pulls back the curtain on America's health care system?</p><p>Dr. Bernard M. Patten has lived medicine from every angle: patient doctor advocate and critic. With wit candor and unflinching honesty he takes readers on an eye-opening journey through decades of encounters that reveal both the brilliance and the failures of modern medicine.</p><p>From the golden age of doctor-patient trust to today's labyrinth of insurance denials inflated costs over-testing and medical quackery Patten exposes a system where profits too often come before patients. Along the way he shares vivid stories about hospitals doctors insurance companies and the people caught in between.</p><p>This book is a call for clarity skepticism and empowerment. Readers will come away better prepared to navigate the complexities of American healthcare armed with knowledge perspective and a critical eye. If you want to understand what went wrong with the most expensive health care system in the world <em>The Great American Medical Show</em> will inform provoke and inspire. </p>