{"product_id":"the-black-box-how-artificial-intelligence-is-transforming-medicine-and-why-the-human-clinician-still-matters-9798256192792","title":"THE BLACK BOX How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Medicine and Why the Human Clinician Still Matters","description":"What happens when medicine can no longer keep up with itself?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedical knowledge is expanding faster than any human being can absorb. Clinicians are drowning in documentation, patients are demanding better answers, and burnout is pushing experienced professionals out of medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, artificial intelligence is already reading scans, analyzing genetic data, predicting patient deterioration, drafting clinical notes, and influencing life-or-death decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe AI revolution in healthcare is not coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is already here.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe question is no longer whether artificial intelligence belongs in medicine. The question is whether physicians, nurses, healthcare leaders, and patients will understand it well enough to use it-or whether they will surrender control to systems they cannot explain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Black Box\u003c\/em\u003e, physician and artificial intelligence specialist Dr. George Burton takes readers inside the algorithms quietly transforming radiology, genomics, clinical documentation, cybersecurity, and hospital operations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith candor, humor, and an insider's understanding of both medicine and technology, Burton reveals where AI can detect what humans miss-and where it can fail with astonishing confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan an algorithm recognize cancer before a physician sees it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan AI predict which patient will deteriorate overnight?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan a machine reduce medical errors, restore the physician-patient relationship, and save clinicians from the crushing burden of documentation?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what happens when the algorithm is wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Black Box\u003c\/em\u003e confronts the questions healthcare cannot afford to ignore: hidden bias, patient privacy, cybersecurity threats, unreliable data, unexplained recommendations, and the growing temptation to replace human judgment with automated certainty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a physician with graduate training in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and public health-and shaped by a decade of military service-this book offers neither blind optimism nor fear-driven resistance. Instead, it delivers a clear-eyed guide to what AI can do, what it cannot do, and what humanity must never allow it to replace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause medicine is more than pattern recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is judgment. Trust. Empathy. Accountability. And the ability to see the person behind the data.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart field guide, part warning, and part love letter to medicine, \u003cem\u003eThe Black Box\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for anyone who wants to help build the future of healthcare rather than be run over by it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe black box is already making decisions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is time to look inside.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Burton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Honeydew Studios, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.2lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798256192792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Honeydew Studios, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48296570749065,"sku":"9798256192792","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_c0115eaa-2843-4859-8c1f-e0d62df327e5.jpg?v=1788842972","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-black-box-how-artificial-intelligence-is-transforming-medicine-and-why-the-human-clinician-still-matters-9798256192792","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}