
Our Malady
Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
3 months free
Buy for $11.25
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Timothy Snyder
-
By:
-
Timothy Snyder
New York Times best seller
From the author of the number-one New York Times best seller On Tyranny comes an impassioned condemnation of America's pandemic response and an urgent call to rethink health and freedom.
On December 29, 2019, historian Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. Unable to stand, barely able to think, he waited for hours in an emergency room before being correctly diagnosed and rushed into surgery. Over the next few days, as he clung to life and the first light of a new year came through his window, he found himself reflecting on the fragility of health, not recognized in America as a human right but without which all rights and freedoms have no meaning.
And that was before the pandemic. We have since watched American hospitals, long understaffed and undersupplied, buckling under waves of ill patients. The federal government made matters worse through willful ignorance, misinformation, and profiteering. Our system of commercial medicine failed the ultimate test, and thousands of Americans died.
In this eye-opening cri de coeur, Snyder traces the societal forces that led us here and outlines the lessons we must learn to survive. In examining some of the darkest moments of recent history and of his own life, Snyder finds glimmers of hope and principles that could lead us out of our current malaise. Only by enshrining healthcare as a human right, elevating the authority of doctors and medical knowledge, and planning for our children’s future can we create an America where everyone is truly free.
©2020 Timothy Snyder (P)2020 Random House AudioListeners also enjoyed...




















Critic reviews
“[Snyder’s] litany of the many ways the United States bungled the coronavirus response is eloquent and pointed.... His cry of rage is certain to get your attention.” (The Washington Post)
“Compelling ... Snyder combines moving personal experience with keen historical and political analysis in Our Malady.... A powerful argument for universal health care as a fundamental right.” (Chicago Tribune)
People who viewed this also viewed...


















This writer understands deeply the plight of medicine in America at this time.
A book that all doctors and patients should read
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Important and personal
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Snyder at the height of hos powers despite illness
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Read this book
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Highly recommend to anyone who wants to learn about our healthcare system in the early part of the 21st-century. 
Honesty about the US Healthcare system.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Had this jaded ER nurse close to tears
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Most important message for our time.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Some big truths here
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
5 Stars!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Wise words
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.