Critical Condition

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?