Doctored (40 page)

Several other colleagues have earned my heartfelt appreciation, including David Slotwiner, Maya Frankfurt, Jacob Moore, and Danielle Ofri, who all critiqued early drafts of the manuscript, and Sheena Gupta, who assisted me with the research.

Of course, the narrative has relied on my memory of events that in some cases occurred a decade ago. If my memory has failed me, the fault is mine and mine alone.

I save my deepest gratitude for my family: my parents, Prem and Raj, and my sister, Suneeta. My brother, Rajiv, stands out for special recognition. He read through many drafts of the manuscript and generally was an unflagging reservoir of support throughout the entire enterprise. No words can repay my debt to him. I am also obliged to my father-in-law, Madho Sharma, for his generosity and backing.

Parenthood is the best part of my existence. I want to recognize the twin lights of my life: my son, Mohan, my best friend and right-hand man, and my darling little girl, Pia, who was just a baby as this project was taking off and provided the hugs and kisses that helped to pull me away from it. I hope one day they will read this book and be as proud of me as I am of them.

Finally, I am so grateful to my wife, Sonia, for being my life partner and gracing me with all the things that add up to a special life. This book would not exist without her, and so it is only fitting that I end it with her.

 

ALSO BY SANDEEP JAUHAR

Intern: A Doctor's Initiation

 

A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sandeep Jauhar, M.D., Ph.D.,
is the director of the Heart Failure Program at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He writes regularly for
The New York Times
. He lives with his wife and their son and daughter on Long Island.

 

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Copyright © 2014 by Sandeep Jauhar

All rights reserved

First edition, 2014

Portions of this book originally appeared in different form in
The New York Times
, the
Los Angeles Times, The New England Journal of Medicine
, and the anthology
Becoming a Doctor
(W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2010).

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Jauhar, Sandeep, 1968–

    Doctored: the disillusionment of an American physician / Sandeep Jauhar. — First edition.

        p. ; cm.

    ISBN 978-0-374-14139-4 (hardback) — ISBN 978-1-4299-4584-4 (ebook)

    I.  Title.

    [DNLM: 1.  Jauhar, Sandeep, 1968–   2.  Physicians—United States—Autobiography.   3.  Delivery of Health Care—trends—United States. WZ 100]

 

R153

610.92—dc23

[B]

2013041344

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