STAGE IV CAPITALISM:

A Cured Patient is a Lost Customer

What is Stage IV Capitalism?

Answer:
It’s a patient-led exposé about how oncology has become more loyal to profit than to healing. The book reveals how systemic incentives distort care, using the author’s wife and his own cancer journey to show what happens when outcomes are secondary to industry priorities.

Why is it called “A Cured Patient is a Lost Customer”?

Answer:
Because curing people isn’t profitable. This subtitle underscores the book’s central critique — that modern healthcare systems, especially oncology often prioritize billing and treatment cycles over meaningful recovery.

Who wrote the book?

Answer:
Dwight David Johnson — a patient, researcher, advocate and an Occupational Health, Safety, and Environment professional — wrote the book after enduring both and his wife’s misdiagnosis and institutional failure. His work combines personal narrative with evidence and structural analysis.

Is this just one person’s story, or a broader critique?

Answer:
It’s both. While deeply personal, the book uses his wife’s cancer treatment story as a case study to expose widespread failures in policy, pathology, consent, and accountability across healthcare systems.

 What is the “Patient Decoder”?

Answer:
It’s a tool featured in the book and on the website that helps patients translate clinical language into plain truth. It reveals how terms like “side effect” or “compliance” disguise institutional control or downplay real harm.

What are Doublespeak Keys?

Answer:
They are decoded terms from oncology and hospital policy — showing how words like “remission,” “progression,” or “standard of care” shape perception. Each key reveals the truth behind the euphemism.

What is the Evidence Vault?

Answer:
The Evidence Vault is a digital archive of case files, reports, and appendices that document the author's journey and validate the book’s core claims. It transforms lived experience into a verifiable record.

What is the role of language in medical manipulation?

Answer:
Language is the first treatment — and often the first manipulation. The book reveals how euphemisms and framing language guide patient consent, dull discomfort, and obscure institutional accountability.

What does Stage V mean? Is it a real diagnosis?

Answer:
No. Stage V is symbolic. It refers to what comes after the system — memory, meaning, and transformation. It’s the final chapter where survival becomes story and resistance becomes remembrance.

What does Stage V ask us to do?

Answer:
To remember. To reclaim what was erased. To honor what was lost — not just physically, but spiritually and socially. It’s a call to recognize the sacred in the aftermath of survival.

Is this book for patients only?

Answer:
Not at all. It’s written for patients, caregivers, clinicians, students, advocates and policy makers — anyone seeking to understand how care became commodified and how we might reclaim it.

Can I preorder the book?

Answer:
Yes. Preorders are now open through the website, with links to Amazon, Bookshop, and other platforms. Early supporters may also access bonus materials or sample chapters.