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Our Malady

Our Malady

Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary
EssaysHealth
Pages
192
Published
2020
Language
English

Synopsis

After a life-threatening illness, historian Timothy Snyder experienced the American healthcare system firsthand and was shocked by what he found. In this concise and powerful book, he contrasts his care in the U.S. with treatment he received abroad. Snyder makes a direct case that our for-profit medical system is a danger to our health and our democracy.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

Thought-ProvokingInformativeIntellectualDark

Genres

Essays Health Politics & Society

About the author

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Timothy Snyder

Timothy David Snyder (born August 18, 1969) is an American author and historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, and the Holocaust. He is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. Snyder is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Source: [Timothy Snyder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timo...