Thank you, NetGalley and Greenleaf Audiobooks (Greenleaf Book Group Press) for this audiobook for review. This was an interesting look at McLean, Harvard's psychiatric hospital. Hospitals and healthcare in general in the US are an extremely complex system with for-profit and not-for profit organizations, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies and so many other companies privatized healthcare. It is ridiculously expensive and makes it so difficult for many to find and afford care. Dr. Sederer speaks to how the corporatization of medicine puts profits before patients. He also talks of the endless insurance hurdles many patients endure in getting care. Lastly, he provides examples of how to improve clinical improvements. Dr Sederer shows in this book that we can rally against corporatization and create care for all organizations to be able to help humanity.

The book offers a unique perspective on the challenges within the healthcare system, particularly regarding mental health care. While it sheds light on the neglect of mental health in favor of more profitable specialties, it also reveals the commendable efforts of individuals striving to make a difference. However, the repetitive nature of the narrative and the author's perceived arrogance detract from its overall impact. Expecting a social commentary on corporate medical care, readers may find themselves disappointed by the predominantly memoir-style approach. The dry narrative fails to engage and may only appeal to a niche audience, particularly those involved in hospital administration. Despite the book's shortcomings, it highlights the need for greater awareness and advocacy in reshaping healthcare policies for the better.

Thank you, NetGalley, for the opportunity to read this book.

I thought this book was a pretty fascinating look into the disaster that is the American health care system. It's disturbing to see how so many health care related decisions are made by people who have no actual health care / patient experience. It's also kind of interesting to unpack the way things are related; if you don't have someone pushing financially motivated policies, you could force the hospital to be insolvent and incidentally kill an institution that does so much good. There is a lot of very interesting points in this book, but I almost wish I would have read it (as opposed to listening to it) because I just don't retain information as well when I'm listening as opposed to reading and underlining....but I think the narrator was a bit of an issue as well. The author has a wealth of information about and so much experience that I really wanted to hear what he had to say..... but I struggled a lot with his narration whereas a voice actor type narrator might have made it move a little faster. Over all very well done though, I hope this book takes off because I wish more people took the time to learn about the health care system.

As someone who works in healthcare this books is spot on to a lot of the issues with our healthcare system. Decisions being made by someone behind a desk who knows nothing about patient care. I didn’t care to hear so much about the financial side of saving a hospital but it was interesting all the same. The doctor did a wonderful job with the writing as well.

this book contains information about the current climate of today's healthcare industry in America. as someone who's worked years and years in healthcare and is currently working in a psych facility, it's abundantly clear that there's so much more than what meets the eye.
 
bookmarking this for future re-read/s.

<i>the audiobook for this is available through NetGalley</i>