Medicine and Health Books

Like a different reviewer here on Amazon, I too have probably read over 100 books on nutrition, women's health, natural healing, anti-aging, etc. Such books are my passion and how this one escaped me for so many years is a mystery because it is hands-down the best, most comprehensive book on women's health I've EVER read. Even now, 6 years after its publication, I'm amazed at how ahead of her time Dr. Corsello was when she wrote this, and how true all of her advice still is. Following her advice, I've lost weight, gotten rid of my adult acne, and have much more energy than I've ever had. I'm helping other women in my family too - teeagers to post-menopausal. After finding a link to the book from Dr. Mark Hyman's website (author of Ultra-Metabolism, which is also a great book), I was disappointed to find that new copies are selling on Amazon for a staggering $100-$300. Copies are rare but even at over $100 the book is worth every penny. Highly recommended for those women who are already health savvy and who are looking for the details that tie the complete health and beauty picture together.

I have read more than 100 books on health-care and the new, emerging, holistic medical paradigm and I have also written a few books on the same subject but I have never found a book that is clearer, truly holistic, and that zeros into what is truly essential than The Ageless Woman by Serafina Corsello, M.D.

This book provides an incredible wealth of theoretical information as well as practical applications that both the health-professional and the lay person can apply and benefit from.

Dr. Corsello has a real "gift" for writing and an "encyclopedic knowledge", both at the "horizontal ((quantitative, scientific) level and at the "vertical" (qualitative, intuitive) level. Thus I am convinced that this work and others that will come, together with her lectures, workshops, and courses will be able to help great many people, both at the national and at the international level, at a time when this type of knowledge is becoming increasingly more important and sought.

The new, emerging medicine will not only be scientific and spiritual but also pedagogical and moral, preventive and therapeutic; it will have to address itself to the whole of human nature and not only to some of its parts and will include the emotional-artistic dimension which has been greatly neglected.

In conclusion, The Ageless Woman is truly a pivotal book whose time has come and which I would greatly recommend to professional and lay persons.

Peter Roche de Coppens, Ph.D.

Author of Medicine and Spirituality, Prayer, Instrument for Healing, and The Divine Spark, the living and inexhaustible Source of Life, Love, and Wisdom.

This book "puts it all together". Serafina Corsello sums up in one book what I have spent a lifetime discovering. And that is, "Your body has been engineered to heal itself and to keep itself optimally healthy. It knows how to do it. Help it along." Serafina Corsello tells you just how you can do that.

I have tried her remedies for my particular ailments and they work! Thank you Serafina. There is so much packed into this book that I have read it four times and keep referring back to it. It is a great read. Serafina Corsello is on to something here.

This book is not just about turning back the clock (The Ageless Woman) or looking young all of your life, although Serafina Corsello states that it is one of the benefits of following her recommendations. She is 66 years old and looks 46. This book is about taking charge of your life, controlling your destiny, finding the power within you.

I have struggled with various health issues for many years but not one doctor gave me logical answers as to why I was having them. Dr. Serafina Corsello's book draws many bridges over the gaps that mainstream medicine finds unfathomable. She gives you straight forward answers to concrete health problems. However, the books brilliancy is in its ability to show the connection between seemigly unrelated health issues and their resulting cummulative effect on what mainstream medicine defines as full blown illness. Weather you want to find advice for yourself or discover what kind of medicine possesses the power to heal this book is the most comprehensive introduction into the wonderful world of healing drawing from cutting edge medical discoveries, ancient understanding of wholeness and sheer joy of life.

As I read through this beautifully designed book, it was as if the author was speaking directly to me. Despite the title, this book is most definitely not for women only. There is a tremendous amount to be learned by all of us, male or female. The connection between mind and body, which The Ageless Woman so eloquently makes, transcends gender. The medical and spiritual wisdom embodied in this book is the result of decades of intense clinical practice and personal interactions with countless patients. In this age of increasing globalization and seemingly endless possibilities for either destroying or restoring our health, Dr. Corsello wisely cautions to stop for a moment and ponder the paths that we have taken, for good health is truly more than just good nutrition. The importance of taking care of the mind, spirit, and body is emphasized throughout the book and it is in this balance that true harmony should be sought.

Balance and harmony. These words for me epitomize the philosophy of Dr. Corsello. She has devoted her much of her life's work to promoting wellness and generously giving others the benefit of her wisdom. This wisdom is available for all of us, if only we choose to take the time to read and listen. Dr. Corsello has succeeded in presenting complex thoughts and ideas in beautifully written and readily accessible prose. Her use of case histories is extremely effective in conveying to her readers the possibilities and joys of healthy living. Dr. Corsello is a genuine healer and a woman who practices what she preaches. She is full of optimism and life-affirming faith and these qualities come through clearly in The Ageless Woman.

This book was written for all of the people that enjoy learning and/or for those folks that have been presented with the formidable challenge of having Alzheimer's or caring for a loved one with this condition. I am a nurse that has recently graduated from nursing school,and what I would have given to have already absorbed the knowledge base that this book offers. After all of the "book learn'in" nurses go through, their long process of the actual patient "clinicals" begin. During this period of the education student nurses are emerged into the real time process of patient care. My first clinical rotation took place in a long term care facility and yes, I had a patient load that was often 90% comprised of Alzheimer's patients. I soon realized that I had no real knowledge base from which I could draw to care for, or more importantly understand my patients feelings.
You absolutely need not be any sort of a medical professional to comprehend the material presented in the book, however, all medical professionals absolutely should not miss the opportunity of this important read.
In short, conditions such as autism and Alzheimer's are seemingly becoming more prevalent in our society. Books like this offer at least some hope in gaining the tools needed to have the ability to help and understand these types of disease processes.
Learn and read all that you can but if you only have the time or the initiative for one.........this is the book!
Thank you,
Sheryl Ford

As a worker in an Adult Day Facility, I have referred to Ms. Lokvig's book more times than I can count. It's organized practically by task which makes the information easily accessible. The author addresses the needs of the caregiver as well as those of the loved one, a necessary element of successful caregiving. I highly recommend this book to family, volunteer and professional caregivers alike.

Ms. Lokvig has stepped us through some of the most difficult behaviors and situations which may arise as we try to care for a person with dementia...the information she has lovingly and painstakingly gathered is readily accessible, as a previous reviewer has stated, so that one need not read the entire book to get to what one may need to know quickly.
I found the writing has a calming affect and is reassuring. The book is so rich with eamples of how to redirect a sticky situation. I am a professional in the field of gerontology and can recommend this fresh approach to a difficult road without hesitation.

While I was caring for my 80 year old mother, I was unable to find a useful book on dementia or Alzheimer's. Every book I read was utterly depressing and sobering. Jytte Lokvig's thoughtful and original way of working with people afflicted with this disease will make it all seem manageable. Her insight and knowledge of the condition and her approach-to-care is totally compassionate and perceptive. Through her years of working and caring for her patients, she has distilled an attitude of care that she brings home for everybody. I recommend Alzheimer's A to Z, most highly. Caregivers, buy this book! It will not only instruct you in taking care of your loved one, but will also assist you in taking care of yourself while you do.

"Alzheimer's A to Z: Secrets of Successful Caregiving" is a wonderful book for those dealing with a friend or loved one with Alzheimer's. The book is organized alphabetically by topic. These topics include agitation, baby talk, coaching, cursing, diet, driving, eating, fantasy, hallucinations, listening, medication, obsessive behavior, pets, routines, singing, undressing, vitamins, word substitution, and many others. Each topic gives examples of the specific item, suggestions on how to handle the situation, and related topics. This organization is one of the things that make this book so valuable. You don't have to completely read through the entire thing to try to find answers to your questions. Instead you can go directly to the topic. Written is a style reminiscent of a family friend helping you understand someone with Alzheimer's, it inspires confidence, empathy, and patience in the caregiver. A highly recommended read for the non-professional seeking advice and understanding when dealing with someone with Alzheimer's.

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very user-friendly book. just enough information for a non-medical-professional. Not too much to be digested, not too little to cover everything.

First let me say that I used to have the classic AMA Encyclopedia of Medicine for years from 1989 edition, and finally the AMA released a newer book, but it is certainly not as good as the first one and not as good as this ACP Med Guide. Just go to any bookstore and open any page and you'll see what I mean.
The AMA hardly has any photos in the text and is not as nearly richly illustrated as the ACP Complete Med Guide.


This book is loaded with so many rich full color photos and illustrations, it is mind boggling. I have worked in the medical field for nearly 10 years and I have never seen some of the photos in this book.

Many photos are close up using electron microscopes that capture spectacular images of cells. I had taken anatomy and physiology I and II in college and never saw an image of a nerve entering a muscle fiber.

There's a ton of images of various diseases that show you for example instantly what a suspicious skin mole might look like.

Every major system in the body is covered exhaustively by diagrams not just showing the anatomy but how the system and each organ work together.

There's a first aid section at the end that illustrates CPR etc.

There's links to relevant websites throughout the text.

Just go browse it at any bookstore.. I could not put it down for two hours!

Well done American College of Physicians and DK publishing!

This home medical guide is a complete rendition which
names diseases, disease processes, diagnostic approaches
and treatment options for practically every conceivable
ailment. The volume is easy to read and it is devoid
of too much medical jargon. There are many pictures depicting
the human anatomy, or portions thereof, in full color.
The approaches to describing the various disease processes
are modern. In addition, the work distinguishes between related
diseases and conditions. A beauty of the work is that it
describes how patients function given the most debilitating
medical conditions presented. For instance,
ankylosing spondylitis causes permanent disability in 1 in 20
patients wherein they lose the ability to do routine
tasks/functions. Basic medical terms are defined exhaustively.
The book is a worthy purchase as a desk reference for
a wide constituency of medical providers and the general
public. This is a worthy addition to your existing medicinal health library. It contains brand new protocols. As such,
I recommend purchasing this volume because it will help you
to formulate the various disease processes encountered into
precise medical language and diagnostic terminology.
Clearly, the volume has been researched thoroughly and it is
ready for general public use. Another feature of the work is
that the authors describe comparative costs for complex
surgeries so that consumers have a basis to compare prices.

Probably one of the most thorough home medical reference books around. Well cross referenced with the glossary and index pages; 1104 pages in total with color photographs, charts and sketches.

An outstanding book! When you need comprehensive information, tips, and techniques that you can use to cope with various common conditions, this book is a wealth of information. Conditions covered include evergthing from AIDS and Allergies to Pain, Parkinson's Disease and Sleep Disorders. The information Dr. Clark offers ranges from explaining the condition, identifying risk factors, telling how the disease is diagnosed, stating the usual traditional treatments, and, most importantly, detailing self-care measures that you can take to help yourself regain health.
Dr. Clark writes with a clarity and authority that make this book a "must-have" reference book for anyone who faces a chronic illness and wants to both understand the disease and help themselves overcome their medical problem.

An excellent reference book for people who have a cronic condition and want additional advice broader than what most doctors recommend. My Dr. told me I needed surgery for my gallstones and I received no other info. This book gave me alternatives and also explained the down-side of removing my gallbladder. I highly recomend this book.

An outstanding book! When you need comprehensive information, tips, and techniques that you can use to cope with various common conditions, this book is a wealth of information. Conditions covered include evergthing from AIDS and Allergies to Pain, Parkinson's Disease and Sleep Disorders. The information Dr. Clark offers ranges from explaining the condition, identifying risk factors, telling how the disease is diagnosed, stating the usual traditional treatments, and, most importantly, detailing self-care measures that you can take to help yourself regain health.
Dr. Clark writes with a clarity and authority that make this book a "must-have" reference book for anyone who faces a chronic illness and wants to both understand the disease and help themselves overcome their medical problem.

What a wonderful book! Dr. Clark has provided information on easing distress and unwelcome symptoms from a wide-ranging group of ailments. She addresses common problems such as pain, allergies, and obesity, but does not hesitate to tackle even the heavy hitters of illness: AIDS, Alzheimer's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, and many more. Her writing is pleasant and easy to read, and her advice is simple to follow. I recommend this book to anyone who suffers from chronic conditions or has a loved one who could use some care. Thanks Dr. Clark!

Dr. Clark has done it again! COMMON CHRONIC CONDITIONS is packed with information for anyone with a chronic conditions or anyone who just wants to increase their level of wellness. For each condition, there is a section on what causes it and how the doctor diagnoses and treats it. This is followed by self-care steps you can take to help yourself. They fit in perfectly with the doctor's prescriptions. I've been sharing the information with my family. My uncle, who has arthritis, has changed the way he eats and started exercising based on what's in this book. My mother, who is recovering from breast cancer, told me she found out a lot of things she can do to prevent it from coming back. I have a friend at work in the early stages of AIDS. He says that some of the stuff about supplements and herbs that he's trying has really increased his energy level. I never knew castor oil packs were good for so many conditions. Get this book if you want to learn the latest research-backed ways to take care of yourself!

A holistic nurse in Florida

This is a good book for those who are starting a Yoga practice, or for Yogi or Yogini, wanting to assist new students.

This book is appreciated for the over 50 crowd, who are looking for the sdafe and gentle way to move into and continue with yoga. The facts, as well as the insights, are stated right to the point!!

The book is easy to follow and offers different variations of poses for gentle yoga and for those who have limitations due to health issues and who may need to do yoga seated in a chair.

As a Yoga teacher I frequently review yoga books for ideas and new information. I am very excited about Easy Does It Yoga! Could it be that finally Yoga has come of age? This book might just persuade the Yoga doubters to view Yoga as an acceptable exercise that truly will benefit the mind, body and spirit in the present and on into aging. The author, Alice Christensen, has written a comprehensive and compassionate book on Yoga and its tremendous health benefits for the older person, and indeed, anyone physically challenged by bad health, addictions and inertia. The various disciplines of yoga are discussed and benefits illustrated by case examples. The exercises are well detailed in words and pictures. Nutrition is covered in a reader friendly style that lists detailed menus of wholesome foods. Easy Does It Yoga should be required reading for any business involved in the health care needs of today's older population.

I am a yoga instructor but am used of teaching moderate/vigourous vinyasa flow. I wanted some further input into designing yoga classes - very gentle yoga classes as I have a mother with a stiff neck and a mother in law with a compression fracture of her spine...both of which require PT. In any case, I found this book very helpful, it provides chair modifications for many postures and brings awareness to simple asanas/stretches that can be extremely beneficial. It is not a flashy book and the pictures are dated - think old people in 70s sweat suits - but if you can get over that the information is, for the most part, very helpful.

After having been in a desk job for too many years, I became overweight and lost all my flexibility. So I decided I needed to do something about it.
I didn't want to injure myself from taking things too fast, so I decided to try doing some stretching first. But I didn't know where to start. So I bought this book to find out more.

I was really impressed, there is so much detail and lots of illustrations in this book. Most importantly it has a list of sports that the stretches can be used for, which was a real bonus for me.
Best of all, they work.
Bottom Line get this book!!

This is an incredible book. It has simple pictures that show all the muscles that are being stretched. This is a great book for teaching anatomy and a great resourse for massage therapists.

There are over one hundred key stretches that the human body can do that directly enable better physical health regardless of age or gender. "The Anatomy of Stretching" outlines these with fundamental facts and explanations to help the reader do the stretch and understand why they are doing it, divided by each and every area of the body. With over 200 full color illustrations, glossaries, appendixes and more, "The Anatomy of Stretching" is highly recommended to health & fitness community library shelves and for anyone who would seek better health through stretching exercises.

Anatomy of Stretching

This is a wonderful, illustrated book for those interested in stretching the muscles. It shows each of the muscles targeted in each of the stretches. Based on the anatomy diagrams, you will be able to tell if you are performing each stretch correctly.

If you wish to be a martial artist, there are other stretching books that teach maximum flexibility: e.g. Stretching Scientifically by Thomas Kurz. or yoga books such as YOga: The Iyengar Way by Mira Silva & Schyam Mehta. But if you've hurt your back or other body parts (e.g. legs, shoulders, etc.), then this single volume is a gold mine. I've written several cover stories in Inside Kung Fu and Kung Fu Wushu magazines, and have practiced martial arts since a very early age. I have had perfect splits in life, but became less flexible via neglect. Trying to get back in shape, I hurt my back three years ago and sometimes had trouble bending down (on very bad days) or would rehurt my back when trying to resume running and shaolin kung fu. Fortunately, I taught at a college that had a Ph.D. program in physical therapy so I got free physical therapy for a year. All of the therapy exercises I learned for free are included in Brad Walker's Anatomy of Stretching. In addition, Walker's book contains dozens of wonderful exercises to provide therapy for hurt body parts, and to obtain general flexibility. I visited bookstores to compare the texts, and Walker's book provides wonderful schematic drawings on how the muscles are involved at the very moment of each specific stretch. Unlike other stretching anatomy books, Walker's provides a specific itemization of how to do the exercise, what body part is affected, what injury it treats, what sport it's good for, and when to avoid the stretch if you have a particular injury. It's the best diagrammed text around. I would recommend buying this book with a couple of other texts that are equal to Walker's in many respects (and sometimes better, sometimes worse):

Two books by Kit Laughlin:

1. Stretching & Flexibility, and
2. Overcome Neck & Back Pain.

You can order DVDs from Australia from Laughlin's website. Kit even emailed me to answer my stretching queries.

3. Back Care Basics by Mary Pullig Schatz, M.D. Dr. Schatz combines knowledge in injury science with expertise in Iyengar yoga. It's a wonderful text for injured practitioners.

4. The Stark Reality of Stretching, by Dr. Steven D. Stark. Dr. Stark presents a wonderful theory of stretching that argues convincingly that the best way to stretch is to avoid any stretches that load the specific muscle groups you are trying to stretch. He also demonstrates how we injure ourselves unwittingly: e.g. by running with a stride that is either too short, or too long. His research is a bit dated, but logical and convincing.

5. Yoga: The Iyengar Way (authors mentioned above).

Remember NEVER TO BOUNCE HARD WHEN STRETCHING, ESPECIALLY IF YOUR BACK IS INJURED. As long as you stretch everyday, you should gently heal your back.

Stretching one's back using a "half therapy roll" available at medical supply stores is useful if you have lower lumbar injury, but get diagnosed by a top notch physical therapist. Unlike general medical practitioners, they know the body much better and know the excercises to heal the back. The function of a regular medical doctor is simply to authorize x-rays to ensure you don't have unusual injuries: e.g. spinal/skeletal, herniated disks, torn muscles, dislocated ligaments and torn tendons, etc. Once you've excluded extreme abnormalities, a good stretching book can do wonders for your back and other body parts.

Back pain is due to muscle imbalance and slight injuries. Scarred muscle tissue gets tight and one needs to stretch those tissues to prevent spasms. These books, written often by medical doctors, are a great adjunct to qualified medical care.

For general back care, buy:

6. the Second edition of Mike Hage's THE BACK PAIN BOOK, REVISED 2ND EDITION.

Hage covers everything from how to bend properly when picking up objects to sitting correctly on a toliet to prevent reinjuring or weakining one's back. We cause injury to ourselves gradually until that single extra straw one day breaks our camel's back.

Without question, Walker's ANATOMY OF STRETCHING, is one of the best in the market. There is no single perfect book, but the relatively short list I've constructed is all you need. They might save you thousands of dollars on professional physical therapy and provide you with healthy restful flexibility and relief from unnecessary pain.

It has been a long time since I had classes on athletic taping. This is a good book to remind you of the different wraps.

Great pictures and illustrations not only of techniques but of anatomy as well. Overall a really good book.

With photographs of actual tapings, this book is very easy follow the step needed to tape almost any body part. Also included in the book where recommendations on strengthing tips for injured joints/muscles.

I am an Athletic Training Student and this book is amazing. It was not required for the class that I bought it for, but It helped me so much. The pictures are very good and the step by step instructions make taping a breeze!

With so many books on How TO it's really great to find one that shows you just how without making you feel like you'll never understand the basics. If you are seriously thinking about doing a lot of sports related taping and handling of those injuries this is the book you want to add to your library.After doing sports med for 2 years now with college teams and marines i feel a lot safer knowing this book is out there for others to go by.

This book was required for an online college course I was taking. The book is layed out in a nice format and is easy to follow. The CD that comes with the book is quite helpful when preparing for exams and quizzes.

I am an instructor for the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) Professional Medical Coding Curriculum (PMCC) and often recommend this book as a way for a student to be fully prepared to take our course.

I love the CD ROM with the excercises (that's the instructor in me :) as well as the fact that there are pronunciations. This is truly a "self study" course and I highly recommend it.

Laureen Jandroep, OTR, CPC, CCS-P A+ Medical Management & Education...

I read this book cover-to-cover during a Medical Transcription certificate program and was really impressed with the format. The order in which the terms are presented and the fill-in-the-blank sections are excellent for testing and retesting yourself. The answers to the tests are in the back of the book so that you can be sure you answered the questions correctly. I have seen other medical terminology books on the market, but none compare to this one for ease of learning!

Wow! I wish I had found this before I blew two weeks salary on a medical transcription course. This book covered more ground than the manuals that I received, and for a fraction of the cost. Without this book I don't think I would ever have picked up the terminology - and I would have missed out on such a great career! (2 years and going strong!)

As a provider of Medical Transcriptionist training, I wouldn't suggest people try to replace a comprehensive course with this book. But anyone would profit by adding it to their course materials. It is particularly strong in supporting retention, which is a rare quality in textbooks.

With a title like, "The Baby Boomers' Guide To Living Forever," it would be easy to pass over this book with the assumption that it is a journey into some sort of medical never-never land. But as I quickly discovered, this is far from the case. "The Baby Boomers' Guide" shapes as an absolutely fascinating, at times scholarly, tour of what middle age America can do to improve both the quality and quantity of life. Dr. Grossman covers a remarkable spectrum of topics and, with support from co-authors who are experts in each of dozens of medical/health areas, provides an astonishing treasure of useful information. This is one of those rare books that can literally change the course of the reader's life. "Baby Boomers' Guide" is must reading for anyone who is serious about extending their years, perhaps beyond anything that they ever imagined was possible.

Dr. Grossman and the co-authors have put together one of the best longevity / anti-aging books around. They don't just banter on about generalities as other authors do on the subject, but provide practical and real information. This book is a good guide for one interested in the anti-aging movement, not only the patient but for doctors discovering this field of medicine.

I couldn't put it down. Dr. Grossman presents a straightforward strategy for remaining healthy and extending life. The book's information is extremely interesting and his recommendations are easy to adopt. WOW! I loved it!

At first blush most of the information if acted on in the book will probably result in adding years, if not decades to some peoples lives. My own recommendation is to do your own independent research [separate from this book], first, if you make any life changing adjustments, particularly if it involves consuming vitamins suggested in the book. Some of the recommendations only strengthened what I already knew, such as taking Co-Q10 on a daily basis. Co-Q10 is expensive, but a very good nutrient that can help protect your body from free radical damage, resulting in reduced risks of succumbing to various cancers and heart diseases. Other recommendations in the book did raise some concerns for me such as consuming L-Carnosine on a daily basis. Research i've found dating back to 1984 expressed that L-Carnosine built up in the body can potentially have dangerous neurotoxic side effects. Taking too much of it could induce what is medically referred to as "Carnosinemia", which also can be inherited. Most of the oral vitamin supplements in the market offer L-Carnosine at 500MG doses, recommending you take it once or twice daily. The book recommends 200MG per day in single or "divided doses" and stressed "its low level of toxicity"...... but I don't know how much is too much frankly, so I will avoid this particular molecule until more research data is known.

Over the years I have read several health oriented books promoting ideas for healthier and longer lives for us, this one is by far the best, containing down-to-earth advice of a practical and far reaching nature. Many areas are covered, including supplements from arginine to zinc, social issues, and lots of other topics.

This book supports the method of using biostasis (cryonics) at the time of death as a means of reaching the future era of advanced nanomedicine, much anticipated by many scientists who work in this nascent field. About fifteen pages are devoted to cryonics, a very good introduction to this subject, an idea and practice that is slowly becoming 'mainstream'. In fact, Terry Grossman, himself an M.D., is signed up for cryonics.

Overall, this volume contains much useful advice and should be read by everyone.

Dr. Miller has written an easy to understand and tantalizing solution to America's health care mess. It answers all questions with the exception of how to change our current damaged health insurance system. The author makes a convicing case,however, that there is a clear necessity to replace the flawed insurance system.

I have worked for years now with Ivan Miller,Ph.D., an exceptionally insightful psychologist, on the need for having a healthcare system in this country, instead of the hodge podge of holes and gaps we currently use. Most people see a single payer healthcare system as socialized medicine, and, indeed, some of them are. However, Ivan has carefully worked out a design for a system that interfaces single payer with the marketplace, so that it isn't simply a "one size fits all" system that so many people don't want. Balanced Choice optimizes having a safety net system in place to take care of all of our citizens while still rewarding excellence and allowing for higher care systems. It truly is the common sense approach to solving the health care crisis in this county! You won't be sorry that you've read it and will recommend it to others! Everyone needs to read this and make sure that their elected officials do as well.

Balanced Choice takes on our ailing healthcare institutions with a careful, organized
analysis and proposes a comprehensive, thoughtful solution. Dr. Ivan Miller accomplishes this complex task in a concise, readable 173 pages. Miller writes from a psychologist's perspective but beyond that and between the lines he is intent on slaying the dragon and fixing what's wrong.

After many lifelong frustrations of dealing with insurance companies/health professionals that seem to say "No, can't do that" too much, the book took me from skepticism on a journey of what works and what doesn't work in our country and others to a sensible, workable solution. Change is needed and it will definitely happen. If we could, today, switch out our present dysfunctional system and replace it with "Balanced Choice" we would, all of us, consumers and providers, be much better off.

A must-read for anyone who has even occasional need of healthcare.

The Balanced Choice Healthcare model is a real breath of fresh air after years of the dankness of our broken system of industrialized HMO's and other versions of managed care. This book is hopeful. It is creative. It is visionary. It places people ahead of corporate profits. Balanced Choice clearly discusses the assets and liabilities of the variety of available healthcare models. I found this part alone to be highly instructive. It then goes on to describe how this new national model uses both market forces and a national regulatory board (not unlike the Federal Reserve) to save massive administrative costs, promote improved services for patients, allow professionals the freedom to practice, and reduce costs to a stable, predictable level for employers. The public, healthcare professionals and employers should all be very interested in this book and the model it describes.

I recently read Ivan Miller's _Balanced Choice_ and was extremely impressed by its clarity, its thoroughness, and its practicality-despite the fact that it also represents a genuinely new and challenging idea. As I read through the book, most of my initial skepticism dissolved. Can we really have a medical system without insurance companies? Yes. And Dr. Miller tells us why it's both practical and economically sensible. Can we really cover everyone? Yes. And Dr. Miller explains how we can do it through our free market system. Balanced choice is also a *flexible* system so that it can change in response to changing circumstances and increasing information. It is easily the best book I've read on health care and the only one I have found encouraging.
Bruce Bassoff