Our Malady
Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary
by Timothy Snyder · first published 2020
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…which are actually common. It is not the doctors who are the problem here with respect to the medical errors: it’s the healthcare system. A good read on what’s wrong with the system is the short book Our Malady by Timothy Snyder. If you want to stay alive long term, you may want to consult HealthData.org which analyzes each country’s healthcare systems in depth along with outcomes. The group is world renowned.…
…insurance is willing to pay, and the amount of care that is provided. This is the gist of American healthcare. A good read from someone who had a medical crisis, from a series of medical errors, is "Our Malady" by Timothy Snyder. He took great notes in his personal diary when the whole ordeal occurred and was able to trace back the errors, unlike most people. He also nearly died. He is a renowned American historian…
on “Hospitals lift curtain on prices, reveals giant swings for hips, knees and more” ↗…Vienna.[3][4] > He has written several books, including Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin (2010), On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), The Road to Unfreedom (2018), and Our Malady (2020). Several of them have been described as best-sellers.[5][6] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Snyder "Do Not Obey In Advance" is the first chapter to his book On Tyranny: * https://timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny/
on “Resist Authoritarianism by Refusing to Obey in Advance (2017)” ↗