Consented: A Doctor's Call to End Medical Violence and Reclaim Patient Autonomy is a book about consent in medicine, which means it is a book about power. Dr. Zed Zha, a rural family physician, spent three years writing it in the wee hours between shifts, and the result is clear, specific, and — in ways I did not expect — genuinely hopeful about what healthcare could become. Out this month, Consented joins Dr. Vanessa Grubbs' Negligent by Design on my shelf of great books from North Atlantic Press that you should check out.
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