Medicine Under Attack and Other Essays

About the Book

This book is about my experiences, observations, and opinions during my fifty year career.

Also included are other essays and anecdotes of interest. We are all entitled to our own opinions and this is mine. I'm sure there are those who see things differently and have different opinions.

About the Author

I was born in Indiana in 1936, raised on a farm, and attended school in Mulberry, Indiana. I earned a BS degree in Agricultural Biochemistry and a 2nd lieutenant's commission in the US Army at Purdue University in 1957. I earned an MD degree at Indiana University in 1961. I served three years on active duty in the US Army in the Medical Corps at Fort Knox and Fort Ord. I was a Family Physician in a small town in Idaho and in California near Los Angeles. In retirement I travel, scuba dive, hike, and read.