Author: Dr Martin Finkelstein
Amazon: Corporatized Managed Healthcare
Website: https://drmartinfinkelsteinbooks.com/

Dr. Martin Finkelstein's book goes beyond describing inefficient and frustrating corporatization of healthcare based on Dr. Finkelstein's several decades of medical experience. In case studies and patient stories, he describes particular incidents when policies favoring profit have done harm to patients and physicians alike.

Finkelstein claims that management of healthcare has been snatched by businessmen and politicians who know little or nothing about illness and disease away from people who should know most about it. The book examines in-depth how this focus on profit has compromised the quality of care to patients.

Key points made in the book regard the decline of the doctor-patient relationship. According to Dr. Finkelstein, there are increased regulations and bureaucratic roadblocks to making the medical field impersonal: "The doctor unto whom the patient historically entrusted the safeguarding of his body, mind, and health, the one to whom he felt free to speak of his deepest secrets... has vanished." He makes the case that administrative constraints have turned physicians from gracious caretakers to data entry clerks.

The book also discusses how increasingly cumbersome regulations aimed at cutting costs further shorten patient visits, keeping doctors away from their patients. "In business, time is money, and the same goes for medicine. Office visits are probably scheduled way in advance. Rarely do patients enjoy the luxury of seeing their physician for more than 30 minutes."

Dr. Finkelstein calls on policymakers, healthcare professionals, and the public at large to recognize the dangers of a profit-dominated system. "Patients, acting alone, now must navigate an increasingly complex and bureaucratic healthcare system set up by corporate, government, and insurance executives. Few sick patients can do this without help."

In addition to diagnosing many of the problems of the healthcare world, Dr. Finkelstein's proposals for potential solutions encourage a return to a system wherein patient care is the first consideration in order to re-establish the patient-physician relationship. He advocates for a move away from corporate and insurance constraints, towards a model where the physician can choose care according to his or her patient's medical needs.

Dr. Finkelstein's book is a must-read for anyone concerned about healthcare in America.

It is now available on Amazon!