I Didn't Sign Up For This Shit: A Book About Love and Hope by Michael Lewis MD is a two-sided sword aimed at psychological and physical aspects of the healthcare system。 The book's target audience is the patients who will learn the intricacies of the healthcare system as well as future and present doctors who can open new ways of dealing with patients。 Michael Lewis postulates the importance of an interpersonal relationship， putting the ills of the soul on the same scale as the sicknesses of the I Didn't Sign Up For This Shit: A Book About Love and Hope by Michael Lewis MD is a two-sided sword aimed at psychological and physical aspects of the healthcare system。 The book's target audience is the patients who will learn the intricacies of the healthcare system as well as future and present doctors who can open new ways of dealing with patients。 Michael Lewis postulates the importance of an interpersonal relationship， putting the ills of the soul on the same scale as the sicknesses of the body。 The model that now dominates the healthcare landscape in the US leaves no space for the individual approach: doctors are overwhelmed by the number of patients， patients fear the costs， and insurance companies thrive on desperation。 The provided statistics show how there have been fewer physicians over the years and more and more patients。 Despite the alarming numbers， the desire to frighten the reader is not the author's aim。 The author desires to point to other directions that may save the healthcare system。 The most fundamental change any physician - and any person， for that matter - can make is to use compassion as the first cure。 That's why the author left the HMOs （Healthcare Maintenance Organization） and opened his patient-oriented practice， where patients received primary care within at least 45 minutes， sometimes more。 If， after my description， you think of the book as self-praise， I assure you it's not。 After finishing the book， one is left with the feeling that he/she/they could finally talk to a doctor about the relative's （healthcare system's） illnesses without anger or resentment。 With small steps， the author unobtrusively offers， the healthcare system does have a future。 My four-star rating reflects my subjective impression that the book is a tad too long， with the author stretching one topic for several chapters。 I received an advanced review copy from BookSirens， and I am leaving this review voluntarily。 。。。more