A new press release highlights the launch of A Return to Healing—a powerful new book that urges a return to patient-first medicine.
A new press release announces the official launch of A Return to Healing: Flexner, Osler, and How American Medicine Went Astray by Dr. Andy Lazris and Dr. Alan Roth. The release offers a concise but compelling summary of the book’s key message: modern American medicine is off course—and in urgent need of reform.
The book traces the roots of today’s healthcare crisis to the Flexner Report of 1911, which helped transform medicine into a data-driven, corporatized system. In contrast, the authors advocate for a return to an Oslerian model of care—one that emphasizes time with patients, clinical judgment, and human connection.
Both physicians bring decades of firsthand experience to the page, making this not only a critical analysis of policy and history, but also a practical roadmap for change. Their combined voices provide a grounded, experienced, and deeply personal lens on what it will take to heal the system—from the inside out.
The press release positions the book as a must-read for patients, providers, educators, and policymakers alike—anyone who is questioning why the system feels so impersonal, rushed, and profit-driven.
Press release courtesy of University of Toronto Press and Fortier Public Relations
