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?