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| A Sea of Broken Hearts: Patient Rights in a Dangerous, Profit-Driven Health Care System | 
 enlarge | Author: John T. James Ph.d
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 940464
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 1434321363
Dewey Decimal Number: 346
EAN: 9781434321367
ASIN: 1434321363
Publication Date: July 10, 2007
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This is a must-read for summer runners, baby-boomers, and anyone who suspects that they or a loved one has been harmed by medical errors in our health care system. Hundreds of thousands of Americans die each year from medical errors, but most mistakes are kept secret from patients. After learning a few basic tools of cardiology, the reader shares a journey of heartbreaking mystery and discovery as a father pieces together the events that led to the death of his 19-year old son, despite extensive evaluation by a "team" of cardiologists. That personal struggle opens into a broad-ranging examination of our profit-driven health care system. The story concludes with an appeal for ten patient's rights to protect us all before we personally encounter the dangers of our health care system.
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A must read Case Study for Positive Changes in Medicine January 18, 2008
A Sea of Broken Hearts by John T. James, who has a PhD in pathology, is a tragic story of a young athletic man who lost his life at age 19 after receiving care in several medical facilities and by several doctors who all failed to diagnose a serious, preventable heart condition. The book is a case study that methodically reviews his son's medical information with solid support from medical research literature. The story unfolds clearly showing malpractice, incompetence, and concealment, including revisions of his son's medical records. The evidence is an indictment of the medical system where doctors are not required to effectively continue their education, no effective oversight or recourse is available for patients for malpractice, and inadequate coordination among providers occurs. He documents that 300,000 deaths a year can be attributed to doctor or hospital errors. Also the USA placed next to last among 13 developed countries in a cited study of health care quality, which certainly supports a need for change in the country we assume has the best medical care in the world. James recommends positive actions that patients and legislatures need to pursue to improve medical care. The recommendations for change with a Patients' Bill of Rights have far reaching implications for our health care system. I encourage others to read the book, especially anyone who has experienced problems obtaining health care, and for legislators and special interest groups focusing on improving health care.
A must read if you have ever been treated by a physician! October 30, 2007
This book is a must read for anyone who has ever been under the care of a physician in America! This book is a heartbreaking story painfully pulled from the ashes of a father's grief. However, the story does not attempt to bash the American medical system; rather point out some major flaws that thousands of Americans have paid for with their life. The failures of the state medical board and other elements of the healthcare-accountability system are well demonstrated in the text. When I read this book, I felt compelled to share my thoughts with others. This book demonstrates that we can no longer afford to be afraid to question a physician's advice and qualifications! Your life (and your family's lives) depends upon you! While the book may appear to be unkind to those doctors who are unprepared to care for their patients; it recognizes that there are many excellent physicians in our current system.
"A Sea of Broken Hearts", tells the story of how death came to a college-age runner (Alex) because of uniformed, unethical, and profit-driven medical care. The story is told by his father, a medical scientist who expresses shock and dismay as he discovers the nature of his son's medical care. As a reader, you are empowered by being given the opportunity to decide how Alex's care should have differed from the care he actually received from doctors. The failure of Alex's cardiologists to gain his informed consent before invading his body was especially troubling; especially since many of us have signed these informed consent papers in a matter of seconds during a medical crisis. The documentation of technical points is organized and thorough, yet easily understandable to the non-scientist, leaving no doubt in the reader's mind that Alex's life could have been saved.
I found the figures to be extremely helpful, but each must be studied to make the medical pieces fit together. The "indictment" of Alex's healthcare providers is expanded in later chapters of the book to include the community of cardiologists. The author points out many unrelated examples of lapses in cardiologists' care for their patients which are documented in leading medical publications. Some of the blame for the poorly prepared medical doctor can be found in the weak continuing education system that physicians use to maintain their professional competency. The side by side comparison of pilots', mechanics' and physicians' continuing education was especially disturbing. In the end, the reader is finally left with some hope that the healthcare system can be fixed, but serious legislation, including an enforceable, and truly protective, patient bill of rights will be necessary.
A NASA scientist's analysis of the shortcomings of modern medical standards. Highly recommended. October 28, 2007
This is the story of a tragic loss of young life. But even more, it is the story behind that story. John T. James is a NASA physicist whose 19-year-old son Alex died mysteriously of cardiac arrest shortly after undergoing invasive cardiac tests. In his quest to find out what happened to his son, James turns a scientist's eye on the medical care Alex received -- and did not receive -- in the weeks before his death. In the process, he exposes the shocking inconsistencies of the practice of cardiology in particular and medicine in general. Among other shortcomings, James documents the lack of strong medical standards, the lack of effective credentialing of medical doctors and, most dismaying of all, the institutionalization of this sorry state of affairs in the medical regulatory establishment. The accumulation of evidence is thorough and incontrovertible, as are James's proposed solutions. If you want to know the nuts and bolts of why medicine so often falls short of its goals, and what we can do about it, you need to read this book.
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