A Second Opinion: Rescuing America's Health Care8 reviews
Dr. Arnold Relman

PublicAffairs, 2007

Excellent and Authoritative Information

+ A Second Opinion, Arnold Relman MD
+ Worthy concerns, weak arguments
+ A very important issue in the U.S.
+ Second Opinion Seconded
  
  











  



  
Intern: A Doctor's Initiation26 reviews
Sandeep Jauhar

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007

What it's REALLY like to become a doctor

+ Deceptively Interesting
+ Review on Intern
+ Must read for those thinking about a medical career
  
  











  



  
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think39 reviews
Brian Wansink

Bantam, 2007

thought provoking and effective

+ Good read
+ This is eye opening!!
+ Don't eat with your eyes
+ fun reading
  
  











  



  
Market-driven Health Care: Who Wins, Who Loses In The Transformation Of America's Largest Service Industry13 reviews
Regina Herzlinger

Basic Books, 1999

So she's no Tolstoy, but the ideas are great.

No one will accuse Ms. Herzlinger of being a great writer, but her conversational style is easy to read and she does have some good ideas for how the healthcare industry should be. Ideas that still haven't been implemented even now, 8 years after it was written. She does make a fairly convincing ...
  
  











  



  
Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer24 reviews
Shannon Brownlee

Bloomsbury USA, 2007

Thoughtful and Thorough Study of the Health Care Crisis

+ Excellent book!
+ Root cause for spiraling health care costs in the US
+ Excellent and important book
  
  











  



  
Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health and Survival in a Bacterial World15 reviews
Jessica Snyder Sachs

Hill and Wang, 2007

Hitchhiker's Guide To The Body

+ Easy reading for the microbe curious
+ If you have a body, read this book
+ Very Well-Written Science for the Average Reader
+ My review is short, easy to read
  
  











  



  
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance81 reviews
Atul Gawande

Picador, 2008

The progress of medical science

+ Another Great Look Inside the Medical Profession
+ Better: Diligence, Doing Right and Ingenuity
+ His writing skills are superb
+ Gawande is as good with the pen as with the scalpel
  
  











  



  
Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results27 reviews
Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg

Harvard Business School Press, 2006

Review

+ Congratulations
+ How sick is US Healthcare
+ Excellent analysis with some weak points
+ Redefining Health Care
  
  











  



  
Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much13 reviews
Maggie Mahar

Collins Business, 2006

More money spent doesn't always result in better outcomes

+ Highly Recommended
+ Another outstanding book on healthcare in the USA
+ First Class Treatment
  
  











  



  
The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It88 reviews
Marcia Angell

Random House, 2004

An eye opening book which aroused my interest in the whole field

+ worthwhile
+ Read this!
+ axe to grind
  
  











  



  
Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine49 reviews
John Abramson

Harper Perennial, 2005

Sorting out medical knowledge from advertising

+ Overdo$ed Is Right
+ Simply a must read
+ From a pharmacist
+ Wake-up Call
  
  











  



  
Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much13 reviews
Maggie Mahar

Collins Business, 2006

More money spent doesn't always result in better outcomes

+ Highly Recommended
+ Another outstanding book on healthcare in the USA
+ First Class Treatment
  
  











  



  
Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine49 reviews
John Abramson

Harper Perennial, 2005

Sorting out medical knowledge from advertising

+ Overdo$ed Is Right
+ Simply a must read
+ From a pharmacist
+ Wake-up Call
  
  











  



  
Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health and Survival in a Bacterial World15 reviews
Jessica Snyder Sachs

Hill and Wang, 2007

Hitchhiker's Guide To The Body

+ Easy reading for the microbe curious
+ If you have a body, read this book
+ Very Well-Written Science for the Average Reader
+ My review is short, easy to read
  
  











  



  
Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results27 reviews
Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg

Harvard Business School Press, 2006

Review

+ Congratulations
+ How sick is US Healthcare
+ Excellent analysis with some weak points
+ Redefining Health Care
  
  











  



  
Intern: A Doctor's Initiation26 reviews
Sandeep Jauhar

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007

What it's REALLY like to become a doctor

+ Deceptively Interesting
+ Review on Intern
+ Must read for those thinking about a medical career
  
  











  



  
Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer24 reviews
Shannon Brownlee

Bloomsbury USA, 2007

Thoughtful and Thorough Study of the Health Care Crisis

+ Excellent book!
+ Root cause for spiraling health care costs in the US
+ Excellent and important book
  
  











  



  
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance81 reviews
Atul Gawande

Picador, 2008

The progress of medical science

+ Another Great Look Inside the Medical Profession
+ Better: Diligence, Doing Right and Ingenuity
+ His writing skills are superb
+ Gawande is as good with the pen as with the scalpel
  
  











  



  
A Second Opinion: Rescuing America's Health Care8 reviews
Dr. Arnold Relman

PublicAffairs, 2007

Excellent and Authoritative Information

+ A Second Opinion, Arnold Relman MD
+ Worthy concerns, weak arguments
+ A very important issue in the U.S.
+ Second Opinion Seconded
  
  











  



  
The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It88 reviews
Marcia Angell

Random House, 2004

An eye opening book which aroused my interest in the whole field

+ worthwhile
+ Read this!
+ axe to grind