Dr. John Geyman’s Latest Book

Crisis in U.S. Health Care: Corporate Power vs. The Common Good, published this month by John Geyman, M.D. of Friday Harbor, discusses the issues currently being debated in Congress.

This book takes a 60 year view of our health care system, 1956-2016, from the perspective of a family physician who lived through those years in two rural communities, including Friday Harbor, and as a professor of family medicine in medical schools, a journal editor and researcher/writer about health care for over four decades.

It is an objective, non-partisan look at major trends in health care including increasing technology, uncontrolled costs and depersonalization. The concluding chapters present three health care reform options: ObamaCare repair, Republican proposals for health care, and Medicare-For-All or national health insurance.

Dr. John Geyman, Ph. D. – Contributed photo

“John Geyman, one of America’s most distinguished family doctors, has given us a masterful overview of what’s wrong with our health care system and how to fix it. He supplements the daunting facts and figures with an engaging account of his life as a country doctor and medical leader.” Comment by David Himmelstein, M.D. and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., both general internists, health policy experts, and professors of public health at the City University of New York.

The book is available locally at Griffin Bay Books, Island Studios and the Office Center.

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