Book Reviews
Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD
"This has to be required reading for EVERY medical student, physician and patient. Kowey is a born writer and chronicler of the state of medicine. There are many practical lessons for both patients and physicians. We must take medicine back and these stories chart a beginning path. Bravo to Dr. Kowey."
Ali R Keramati, MD
“Failure to Treat is not just a book, it is a wake-up call from a doctor who has spent his entire life fighting for patients, only to watch the system fail them. Dr. Peter Kowey writes with the heart of a healer and the fury of someone who’s seen too much unnecessary suffering. The stories are raw, real, and often heartbreaking. They pull back the curtain on a healthcare machine that prioritizes profits over people, leaving both patients and doctors trapped in its gears."
Arnold Greenspon, MD
"This book effectively breaks down a complex topic. Its realistic stories not only inform but also invite your readers to become more engaged with the subject—hopefully inspiring greater political involvement and thoughtful participation in discussions when talking to friends and family. That is the only way that things are likely to change."
Barbara H. Roberts, MD
"Dr. Peter Kowey has done an outstanding job of explaining how money has utterly corrupted the US health-care system, driving caring, capable physicians out of practice, while lining the pockets of hospital administrators, pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers. Read and weep."
Andrea Leonard-Segal, MD
"Dr. Kowey deserves our immense gratitude for writing this brilliant, engrossing compendium of medical stories exposing serious flaws in our increasingly heartless healthcare system. This book is a call to action. Changes must occur so practitioners no longer face systemic hurdles that waste their time and block their ability to provide high quality care to their patients."
Roger M. Mills, MD
"In Failure to Treat, Dr. Peter Kowey details the shortcomings of American healthcare in a series of compelling patient stories. Practicing physicians and patients alike will recognize the familiar situations. Kowey, an accomplished cardiologist and writer, makes a passionate, convincing case for urgent reform of the business of medicine."