He does not shy away from his own moral quandaries, doubts, failures or weaknesses, which makes him relatable.
He doesn’t seem to be casting himself as the “good guy” or “bad guy,” but instead tries to give the reader an authentic look into the system in which he works. Jauhar writes honestly and candidly about his personal experiences with American health care. The book covers a wide variety of subject matter: the American health care system, the physician burnout epidemic, medical education, ethical issues, familial struggles, being a husband and father, even religion and faith. His writing style is casual and conversational, making the book an easy read even so, there is a wealth of truth and meaning to be found within its pages. These personal vignettes are especially helpful for highlighting concepts difficult to discuss an ethical dilemma or complex criticism of the health care system becomes much easier to understand when tied to a tangible person or place. He offers compelling anecdotes, which allow the reader to situate him or herself into the context of health care in New York City. In keeping with good narrative nonfiction, Jauhar offers a mix of personal stories, thoughtful interludes and an obvious effort to back up claims with facts and statistics. How do we keep these sentiments from just being banal and clichéd statements and instead enact them, creating a real impact in the way we practice medicine? This question and the effects of our failure to answer form a central theme in Jauhar’s memoir Doctored.ĭoctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician is Dr. The struggle, writes Jauhar, is to actually make convocation speeches come to life. The convocation speech is filled with platitudes such as this one, and virtually no doctor, especially at the outset of his or her training, would disagree with these sentiments. Sandeep Jauhar, a New York cardiologist struggling with many aspects of the American health care system. In the audience sat many young doctors, including Dr.
We need to assure no consideration of economic self-interest will prevent us from giving our patients the safest, most effective and most economically responsible health care possible.” So spoke the president of the American College of Cardiology to a group of inductees in 2005. “It is our obligation to remove the biases that stand in the way of good medicine.
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