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Severed Trust Why American Medicine Hasn't Been Fixed
Author: George D. Lundberg MD, James Stacey

"George Lundberg, as the controversial and highly successful editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, occupied a front-row seat on American medicine for nearly 20 years. . . . In this engaging and very readable book, he describes his long life in medicine and gives us his insights on an extraordinarily wide range of subjects. N... more »ot everyone will agree with all his opinions, but they all deserve careful attention." -Marcia Angell, M.D., Former Editor In Chief, New England Journal Of Medicine

" Under Lundberg's leadership JAMA has gradually risen from a house organ...to an independent force poised easily in the top tier." -New York Times

" Fired journal editor George D. Lundberg...medical crusader for editorial freedom, makes it a religion to serve the interests of patients." -Scientific American

In an explosive insider account, the former editor of JAMA documents the alarming capture of American medicine by commercial and political interests and calls for an overhaul of the health-care system In January 1999 George Lundberg, the highly respected editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, was fired by the AMA. The stated reason for his dismissal was his rushing into print a study of sex that seemed to support President Clinton's dubious definitions of infidelity. But as the media furor rose to fever pitch, it became clear that this "oral sex debacle" was not Lundberg's first brush with controversy. He had outraged the AMA by charging on "60 Minutes" that doctors were burying their mistakes by not performing autopsies, and he had taken strong stands on such hot-button topics as assisted suicide, gun control, alternative medicine, and abortion.

In this no-holds-barred book, Lundberg, now editor in chief of the online medical journal Medscape, speaks out on the crisis in contemporary medicine. He charges that organized medicine has surrendered to an overbuilt and overused political-industrial complex that underfunds prevention, undermines scientific research, and overlooks patients' needs-with disastrous results for doctors and patients alike. High costs and managed care are the least of our problems, says Lundberg: the greatest threat is the pervasive erosion of professional standards. Lundberg's keen analysis of greedy doctors, profit-hungry drug companies, and a corrupted AMA that seeks only to protect vested interests is certain to provoke controversy and stimulate debate.

ISBN-13: 9780465042913
ISBN-10: 0465042910
Publication Date: 3/2001
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Basic Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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Kendell T. reviewed Severed Trust: Why American Medicine Hasn't Been Fixed on 3/5/2007 + 9 more book reviews

Some interesting ideas on what's wrong with America's health care system.

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Bruno D. (BrunoMassage) reviewed Severed Trust: Why American Medicine Hasn't Been Fixed on 9/4/2006 + 131 more book reviews

Interesting to see what's going on behind the scenes at those large corporations.

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