Unaccountable, Marty Makary, M.D.
Unaccountable, Marty Makary, M.D.
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Unaccountable
What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care

Author: Marty Makary, M.D.

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Unabridged: 7 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/22/2013

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Dr. Marty Makary is codeveloper of the life-saving checklist outlined in Atul Gawande's bestselling The Checklist Manifesto. As a busy surgeon who has worked in many of the best hospitals in the nation, he can testify to the amazing power of modern medicine to cure. But he's also been a witness to a medical culture that routinely leaves surgical sponges inside patients, amputates the wrong limbs, and overdoses children because of sloppy handwriting. Over the last ten years, neither error rates nor costs have come down, despite scientific progress and efforts to curb expenses. Why? To patients, the healthcare system is a black box. Doctors and hospitals are unaccountable, and the lack of transparency leaves both bad doctors and systemic flaws unchecked. Patients need to know more of what healthcare workers know, so they can make informed choices. Accountability in healthcare would expose dangerous doctors, reward good performance, and force positive change nationally, using the power of the free market. Unaccountable is a powerful, no-nonsense, non-partisan diagnosis for healing our hospitals and reforming our broken healthcare system.

About Marty Makary, M.D.

Marty Makary, M.D., is a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a professor of health policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He is a regular medical commentator for CNN and FOX News, and appears weekly on a wide variety of programs to discuss health topics. He is a leading patient safety researcher and led the World Health Organization effort to develop ways to measure healthcare quality. He lives in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Malin on January 29, 2013

When Dr. Makary MD (general surgeon) told his friends he was going to write this book they said, "Your colleagues will hate you." But after publication, Dr. Makary found just the opposite, as physician after physician told me this story needs to be told. I agree. Dr. Makary quit medical school as thi......more

Goodreads review by Missy on January 05, 2013

I just finished this book and I commend the author for writing it. I'm sure he had a lot of his fellow physicians up in arms. I recommend it to everyone before going into the hospital for surgery, as it contains the right questions to ask, who to ask and who to look for for second opinions. Dr Makar......more

Goodreads review by Dan on August 27, 2019

This book does a great job of describing the dysfunctional reality of hospital health care -- and also working as a bit of consumer's guide. Recommended for anyone dealing with a complex health condition or surgery. The author did a very long, very interesting interview on the Peter Attia podcast th......more

Goodreads review by Logan on March 23, 2020

Great book overall. Provides a picture of what medicine could be if transparency is encouraged. A recommended read for anyone in healthcare.......more

Goodreads review by Sam on December 11, 2022

This book really challenged how I view medicine and the industry of health care. Originally published in 2012, I would love to know how the transparency movement in medicine has progressed since then. I am encouraged by my generation’s healthcare professionals who push for advocacy and transparency......more

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