{"product_id":"nobody-told-me-thered-be-days-like-these-hard-truths-from-physicians-and-what-they-mean-for-medical-practice-9798258492876","title":"Nobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like These: Hard Truths from Physicians-and What They Mean for Medical Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Arthur Lazarus\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Physician \u0026amp; Patient (incl. Narrative Medicine)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like These\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHard Truths from Physicians-and What They Mean for Medical Practice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMedicine has never been more advanced.\u003cbr\u003eIt has never felt more uncertain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this powerful collection of narrative essays, physician and author Arthur Lazarus draws from real-world accounts written by physicians-published in journals, posted on social media, and shared among colleagues-to reveal what modern medical practice actually feels like from the inside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not a book about what medicine promises.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a book about what it delivers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross a series of deeply reflective, first-person essays, Lazarus explores the moments physicians rarely discuss openly: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen clinical judgment begins to drift toward algorithmic reliance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen protocols are followed but patient journeys are missed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen success feels hollow-and failure feels personal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen leaving medicine becomes an act of clarity, not defeat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen staying requires redefining what it means to care\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThese are not isolated stories. They are patterns. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom these patterns emerges a \u003ci\u003etaxonomy of tensions\u003c\/i\u003e-a framework that reveals where the system, the physician, and the patient no longer align cleanly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in a spare, incisive style-often in short paragraphs and single sentences-each essay reads like a moment of recognition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou may not have had the words for these experiences before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter this book, you will. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor physicians, trainees, and anyone seeking to understand the realities behind modern health care, this is not just a collection of essays.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is a mirror. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd a reckoning.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47883192565911,"sku":"9798258492876","price":1691.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798258492876.webp?v=1781100142","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/nobody-told-me-thered-be-days-like-these-hard-truths-from-physicians-and-what-they-mean-for-medical-practice-9798258492876","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}