Emily Silverman
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first heard Dec 2017
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Until next time, I'm your host, Emily Silverman.
This is The Nocturnist, and I'm Emily Silverman.
Today's episode features Dr. Peter Cowie, a cardiologist whose career spans more than five decades and whose latest book asks a difficult question.
How did medicine lose its way?
Peter entered medicine at a time when doctors made house calls, knew their patients intimately, and relied on bedside skills as much as technology.
Over the course of his career, he watched healthcare become increasingly shaped by insurance companies, corporate consolidation, administrative burdens, and financial incentives that often compete with patient care.
In our conversation, we talk about his book, Failure to Treat, a collection of fictionalized stories drawn from real experiences across a lifetime in medicine.
We explore what has changed, what has been lost, and why Peter believes the future of medicine still holds reason for optimism if we can find our way back to the human relationships at the center of healing.
But first, take a listen to Peter reading from his book, Failure to Treat.
I am sitting here with Dr. Peter Coey.
Peter, thank you so much for coming on the show.
I loved reading this book, 20 vignettes, human stories that illustrate different facets of the healthcare system, things that are working sometimes in some cases, but mostly things that aren't working.
And I want to dive into that in a bit.
But first, I was wondering if we could start by talking about the world you came up in.
Where are you from?
What was it like growing up?
And I know in the book, you mentioned a bit about your experience with your pediatrician and sort of community doctors.
So talk to us about that era.
Yeah.
And
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