A Long Road to the Right Kind of Care

About the Book

THE BOOK IS A COMBINED MEDICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND DISSERTATION ON MEDICAL CARE AS IT WAS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE STARTING SEVENTY YEARS AGO. IT PRESENTS EXPERIENCES IN THE VARIOUS MEDICAL FIELDS, INCLUDING PRIVATE PRACTICE IN A PREPAY GROUP FOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS, FIVE-AND-ONE-HALF YEARS IN THE ARMY MEDICAL CORP, BRIEF PERIODS OF CARE IN THE CLINIC ON THE NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION IN KAYENTA, ARIZONA, WORKING IN A LARGE GROUP HMO RUN BY KAISER PERMANENTE, AND AS A SUBSTITUTE PEDIATRICIAN FOR A SMALL GROUP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE BOOK PRESENTS THE AUTHOR’S OPINION OF WHY PREPAY IS BEST AND WHY OUR PRESENT CARE SYSTEM IS NOT THE ANSWER.

About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR SEVENTY YEARS OF MEDICAL PRACTICE AND TEACHING BY A PEDIATRICIAN WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN ALL KINDS OF MEDICAL CARE, INCLUDING FIVE-AND-ONE-HALF YEARS IN THE ARMY MEDICAL CORP, PRIVATE PREPAID GROUP CARE, ACADEMIC MEDICINE, CARE IN A NATIVE AMERICAN RESERVATION, CARE IN A LARGE HMO RUN BY KAISER PERMANENTE, AND CARE AS A SUBSTITUTE IN A SMALL PEDIATRIC GROUP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA . HIS FOCUS HAS BEEN ON WHAT AND WHY SOME APPROACHES TO CARE WORK BETTER THAN OTHERS. HE HAS RAISED FIVE CHILDREN INCLUDING TWO ADOPTED ONES AND HAS SIX GRANDCHILDREN, AND IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT HUMAN ASPECTS OF MEDICAL CARE AND THEIR POSSIBLE LOSS IN OUR PRESENT HIGHLY TECHNICAL MEDICAL SYSTEM.