Theresa Brown is a nurse, writer and New York Times best-selling author.

Early Praise for The Cost of Care

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  "Compelling, eye-opening, and deeply necessary, The Cost of Care is both a searing indictment of the brutal financial machinery of American medicine, and a celebration of the extraordinary people keeping humanity alive within it. We need this book."

  — Angela Amar, Dean of Nursing at New York University

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  "In a world where much of what we hear about our medical system is negative, The Cost of Care balances those real-life challenges with inspiring stories of how health care can be done right."

  — Damon Tweedy, MD, New York Times-bestselling author of Black Man in a White Coat

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  "Reading this book is a salve for those broken-hearted by how American healthcare has changed, and for the nurses and doctors who feel swallowed up by a profit-driven system that does not seem to serve anybody."

  — Mary Fariba Afsari, MD, author of Labor

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  "[Brown] seamlessly blends memoir, on the ground reporting, and health policy, making complex systemic problems accessible without sacrificing nuance. It's a deeply humane portrait of what American medicine can become when compassion--not profit--guides care."

  — Publishers Weekly, *STARRED REVIEW*

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  "As an antidote to burnout from a busy nursing career in the profiteering US health care system, Theresa Brown sought out islands of caring for real world patients. Like an anthropologist, she brings us into four places providing great care. A magnificent insider account that everyone should read."

  — Eric Manheimer, MD, author of Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital