Chief Complaints

Dr. Ralph Depalma Describes Dilemmas In Health Care Confronting Doctors Patients And Health Care Administrators At A Time When Society Is On The Verge Of Initiating Health Care Reform. He Tells Provocative Stories About Individuals And Episodes Of Surgical Care Taking Place During Different Times In Differing Settings And With Differing Means Of Financial Reimbursement. He Considers Potential Solutions For Dilemmas That Are Barriers To Achieving Ideal Health A State Of Complete Physical Mental And Social Well Being. With Each Case History The Author Offers Penetrating Insights Into Health And Disease By Focusing Upon The Complaints Of Patients Doctors And The Health Care Establishment Itself Particularly When Complaints Fall Outside Of Mainstream Cultural Norms.