Two world-leading doctors reveal the true state of modern medicine and how doctors are letting their patients down. 
 
Hippocrasy: How Doctors Are Betraying Their Oath exposes the ways in which the modern medical system prioritizes profit, bureaucracy, and corporate interests over patient care—often at the expense of those who speak out. The book reveals how systemic failures, conflicts of interest, and pressure to conform create an environment where ethical practitioners are silenced, patient harm is overlooked, and truth-tellers face retaliation. For those who have witnessed these injustices firsthand, Hippocrasy serves as both a validation and a call to action, shedding light on the deep-rooted challenges within healthcare while advocating for integrity, accountability, and real patient-centered reform.
 
In Hippocrasy, rheumatologist and epidemiologist Rachelle Buchbinder and orthopaedic surgeon Ian Harris argue that the benefits of medical treatments are often wildly overstated and the harms understated. That overtreatment and overdiagnosis are rife. And the medical system is not fit for purpose: designed to deliver health care not health. This powerful exposÉ reveals the tests, drugs, and treatments that provide little or no benefit for patients and the inherent problem of a medical system based on treating rather than preventing illness. The book also provides tips to empower patients—do I really need this treatment? What are the risks? Are there simpler, safer options? What happens if I do nothing? Plus solutions to help restructure how medicine is delivered to help doctors live up to their Hippocratic Oath.