The Citizen Patient

“Hadler offers a thoroughly researched argument that the American health-care system is largely profit driven and entails costs unmatched by those of other industrialized nations. . . . Hadler also offers attainable solutions.” — Library Journal

“An eye-opener for those not privy to what goes on inside the once-hallowed halls of hospitals and health-care systems. It’s also chock-full of information for citizens who want to take charge of their health for their own sake. Hadler’s suggestions aren’t radical; rather, they’re rational: evidence-based medicine, stringent medical device licensing guidelines, and restoration of the physician-client partnership, among others.” — ForeWord Reviews

“This is a fascinating and timely look at American health care and the healthcare business in the United States.” — Nursing Standard

“This well-written, timely book will interest health sciences students, health care practitioners and policy makers, and laypersons. Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; general readers.” — CHOICE

“Dr. Hadler’s knowledge of conflicts endemic in U.S. health care is unparalleled. . . . A home run when. . . . [Hadler’s] examples are so clear and his integrity impeccable such that even his critics have to admire his pluck.” — New York Journal of Books

“This book takes the reader inside the pharmaceutical and health insurance industries, across borders, and, finally, where the healing actually takes place: inside the doctor’s office.” — Carolina Alumni Review

“A tour de force. Compelling and extremely well-informed. Hadler offers important new insights.” — Mark Hall, professor of law and public health, Wake Forest University

“The true promise of modern medicine will only be achieved when every person is prepared to participate as an informed patient and an intelligent citizen. This book does more to achieve that goal than any I have read.” — Daniel D. Federman, M.D., Dean Emeritus for Clinical Education, Harvard Medical School

“Blending best science, sound ethics, compassionate clinical care, and economic realism, Hadler exhorts patients to take control of their own health and health system to save the United States from fiscal disaster.” — George D. Lundberg, M.D., former editor in chief (1982–1999), Journal of the American Medical Association

“The insights and visions that Hadler presents merit serious study not only by the general public but also by all doctors who share his deep-seated commitment to genuinely patient-centered and properly science-informed health care.” — O. S. Miettinen, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health and Department of Medicine, McGill University