Coronary: A True Story of Medicine Gone Awry
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.16 (750 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743267540 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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He lives in Bethesda, Maryland. . He is also the author of Saving the Heart: The Battle to Conquer Coronary Disease, Health in the Headlines, and The Virtuous Journalist (with Tom Beauchamp). Stephen Klaidman is a former editor and reporter for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The International Herald Tribune. He wa
Coronary: A True Story of Medicine Gone Awry John Rausch This is an excellent and detailed accounting of the status of medical care for coronary disease and it's treatment. The book is full of true patient accounts and the details of their diagnosis, care, and treatment - as well the the financial issues involved in for profit health care facilities and physician incentives. It is at times very upsetting as it highlights the confusion and vulnerabilities that occur when a patient is diagnosed with serious cardiac disease and must consider and decide on a treatment plan.. Five Stars green and yellow tomatoes excellent. Karen Jarman said Compelling story poorly written. Coronary: A True Story of Medicine Gone Awry, by Stephen Klaidman, is a story of greed, ego, and intimidation in healthcare. It serves as a cautionary tale to patients, healthcare administrators, and healthcare professionals. The book itself does not inspire, but it does provide information and a level of transparency desperately needed in healthcare.Klaidman is a former editor and reporter for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The International Herald Tribune. His interest in systemic flaws in medicine led him to write numerous articles and several books, including Saving the Heart: The Battle to Conquer Coronary Disease
This is a hair-raising story of the hundreds of men and women who went under the knife, not in the name of medicine, but of profit and prestige. Several hours later, however, Moon inexplicably decided the surgery could wait until Corapi returned from a previously scheduled cross-country trip. Soon Skeen launched a major investigation, interviewing numerous doctors and patients, and forty federal agents raided the hospital where the doctors worked. Together, these leaders of the Redding medical establishment put hundreds of healthy people at risk, some of whom never recovered. A riveting, character-rich narrative and a masterpiece of long-form journalism, Coronary is as powerful as it is alarming. You nee
Among the egregious examples of medical misconduct were unnecessary bypasses performed on Paul Alexandre, who became an invalid at age 36 after his sternum was permanently damaged during surgery, and on Shirley Wooten, a lively golden-ager whose surgery led to a fall that caused a fatal cerebral hemorrhage. In fact, his coronary arteries were normal, and he and a former colleague persuaded the FBI to launch a criminal fraud investigation against the for-profit hospital, a renowned Northern California medical institution, and its two rainmakers, cardiologist Chae Hyun Moon and chief of cardiac surgery Fidel Realyvasquez. From Publishers Weekly Father John Corapi, a former accountant, was urged in 2002 to have immediate triple bypass surgery at Redding Medical Center. Although it suffers from veteran newsman Klaidman's (Saving