Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Controversy and Commentary

By Arthur Lazarus

AI isn't coming to medicine. It's already inside it.

The real question is no longer whether artificial intelligence will influence health care (it already does). The question is: who is defining its role in clinical decision-making, and whether physicians remain the final authority.

In Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Controversy and Commentary, physician, psychiatrist, and thought leader Arthur Lazarus takes readers beyond the hype and into the real-world consequences of AI in clinical practice.

This is not a book about what AI can do.

It is a book about what AI is already doing-to clinical judgment, to physician autonomy, and to the future of care itself.
Inside this book, you'll explore: How AI is reshaping clinical decision-makingWhy "human-in-the-loop" often fails in real-world practiceThe hidden risks of AI hallucinations, bias, and overconfidenceHow AI is altering medical coding, documentation, and reimbursementThe emerging legal and ethical challenges of AI-driven careWhy high-performing AI can still lead to worse clinical outcomesThe growing tension between efficiency, accuracy, and empathyWhat new roles-and responsibilities-AI will create for physiciansA different kind of AI book

Most books ask whether AI will replace doctors. This one asks something more important:
What happens when AI begins to shape how doctors think?

Drawing on real-world cases, clinical insights, and emerging research, Lazarus examines the subtle but profound shift from AI as a tool outside medicine to a force within it, embedded in workflows, narrative, diagnosis, and judgment itself.

For physicians, trainees, and healthcare leaders
Whether you are: A practicing clinician navigating AI in daily careA medical student entering an AI-enabled professionA healthcare executive shaping policy and systemsOr simply someone interested in the future of medicineThis book offers a clear, thought-provoking framework for understanding what lies ahead.

The bottom line:
AI will not replace physicians.
But it will redefine what it means to be one.
And that future is being written now.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GWWR7GKK
• ISBN13: 9798255567812
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"