A review by ghada_mohammed
If I Betray These Words: Moral Injury in Medicine and Why It's So Hard for Clinicians to Put Patients First by Wendy Dean, Simon Talbot

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Such a timely and much needed book on the business of medicine and how administratiors can get in the way of the quality of care provided when profit motive and shareholders' satisfaction are regarded more highly than the patient’s health.

I loved how the issue was presented in the form of a biography, introducing the physicians individually as people who were only trying to do their jobs, getting increasingly frustrated with the status quo and subsequently gaslighted and punished for daring to criticise their employer's ways when they got between them and their oaths to heal. While this book particularly addressed the failings of the US healthcare system, I believe many of those faults apply globally: from overinflated medical bills to dysfunctional health insurance plans, rendering basic care an unaffordable luxury for many. Equally heartbreaking and mind-opening, <i>If I betray These Words</i> is a must read for anyone who is frustrated with the current state of healthcare.


Thank to Netgalley and Steerforth publishing for providing this eARC in exchange for an honest review.