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Cancer can now be cured, not just treated
We are not accustomed to thinking about a cure for cancer. We think of remission as the only possibility. But this book is not about remission. It is about a cure. This is possible because in 1990 Dr. Clark discovered the true cause of cancer. The cause is a certain parasite, for which I have found evidence in every cancer case regardless of the type of cancer. So lung cancer is not caused by smoking, colon cancer is not caused by a low roughage diet, breast cancer is not caused by a fatty diet, retinal blastoma is not caused b y a rare gene, and pancreatic cancer is not caused by alcohol consumption. Although these are all contributing factors, they are not THE cause. Once the true cause was found the cure became obvious. but would it work? I set a goal of 100 cases to be cured of cancer before publishing my findings. That mark was passed in December, 1992. the discovery of the cause and cure of all cancers has stood the test of time and here it is!
Customer Reviews:
Perhaps good for some.......2007-09-10
I tend to be very leery of books that promise any sort of "cure" or give false hopes. Although I had mixed emotions on this book, I do see how it can perhaps give hope to the most discouraged of cancer patients.
I don't think I'd recommend it to any of my cancer patients in general, but I do think that those of us in the medical profession might be able to pick out a few interesting parts and maybe recommend it to those few patients that are realistic but perhaps need a bit of encouragement with their diagonsis.
It was a quick read, though I tended to skip sections that bored me.
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE FOR CANCER.......2007-08-10
VERY INTERESTING AND DETAILED LOOK AT CANCER - PARASITE AND TOXIN ARE CAUSES. ALSO MANY SIDE ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FOR CONTINUED HEALTH AND I'M NOT FINISHED READING IT YET!
Give me a scientist's opinion anyday!.......2007-07-29
This book offers some very credible insights and a viable cancer treatment protocol. I have heard nothing but positive feedback, so far, from people who have tried this program, though the regimen is extreme (perhaps necessarily and certainly worth the effort) and there is some dispute as to the diet - she may allow too much carbohydrate/sugar. But I agree 100% with the rest of her protocol to fight fungus, heavy metals, etc. We live in a very toxic environment and will be lucky to live ¾ the lifespan of our parent, unless we learn ways of detoxing our bodies and changing our environment.
After over 20 years of medical research, one thing I have learned is that if you want to understand the processes leading to a particular medical condition, ask a scientist. Ask your doctor and you're likely to get a blank stare or a simplified (nonscientific and often illogical) explanation which will usually vary greatly from one doctor to the next. Simply put, doctors are NOT scientists and most certainly not nutritionists. (Would you trust a mechanic who didn't know what to put into your car's engine)?
I have left a doctor's office, on many occasion with my mouth agape. Their training comes directly from the pharmaceutical industry and it is sadly apparent to those who have their eyes open that if they don't have a drug for it or a surgery, you're doomed. If they DO have a drug for it, you are even more likely to be doomed, because you'll need a dozen other drugs to offset the effects of the first one. Don't forget that the #2 cause of death in this country is death by doctor, hospital or (legal) drug complications and that legal drugs are responsible for 40 times the number of deaths as illegal drugs, yet the allopathic community screams loudly about the dangers of alternative treatments though death at the hands of an alternative doctor wouldn't even begin to touch the number of deaths from Vioxx prescriptions alone (Vioxx killed my mother)!
Why do you think medical schools have a personality/psychological test for admission? They are looking for a certain type. Doctors, for the most part, tend to be good students, obedient and often without exceptional intelligence or creativity (there is indeed a vast difference between intelligence and good study habits, whereas the rare maverick doctor and great scientists tend to be the opposite - Einstein flunked kindergarten, was brilliant, creative and independent). It would astound most people if they were to be made aware of the inflated egos and insatiable ambition in the medical community - I have been appalled by the back-biting and outright plagiarism rife in their world. Many would rather sacrifice the lives of thousands than concede that their theories or failed methodologies have been incorrect all along and most of the rest are too afraid of losing their credibility via the powers that be (the AMA, FDA and other arms of the pharmaceutical cartel) and are intimidated not to speak up or try anything unconventional - they have seen what happens to those who dare to do so.
Be careful of the "established truth"...it usually lacks credibility. Pasteur got laughed out of the medical community, the doctor who suggested that obstetricians should wash their hands before delivering babies got banned and it took penicillin 30 years to be accepted by mainstream medicine. Idiots have always ruled the profession, all the way back to the barber/doctors - in fact I think they were wiser than today's counterpart - bloodletting, after all, is less dangerous than oxycontin or liposuction.
Now we have bogus "experts" paid by the cartels to debunk any cure that threatens the monopoly of big medicine (and oncology is BIG MONEY - in fact among the BIGGEST money in medicine). A couple of people on here (including a doctor) cited "Quackwatch" in order to debunk Hulda Clark. Just to give a taste of the witch-hunt that is going on today and who's behind it, read the following quote by the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation actually debunking the credibility of the leader of Quackwatch, and you'll understand the forces we are up against, as we strive to filter out the truth.
"Dr. Stephen Barrett of Quackwatch Exposed In Court Cases
At trial, under a heated cross-examination by Negrete, Barrett conceded that he was not a Medical Board Certified psychiatrist because he had failed the certification exam.
This was a major revelation since Barrett had provided supposed expert testimony as a psychiatrist and had testified in numerous court cases. Barrett also had said that he was a legal expert even though he had no formal legal training.
The most damning testimony before the jury, under the intense cross-examination by Negrete, was that Barrett had filed similar defamation lawsuits against almost 40 people across the country within the past few years and had not won one single one at trial.
During the course of his examination, Barrett also had to concede his ties to the AMA, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Food & Drug Administration (FDA)."
My brother has been given 1 year to live and offered no hope of recovery from his rare stage IV cancer, by the allopathic community. But, in spite of their admitted inability to do ANYTHING other than drug for pain, the AMA, the drug cartel and their Gestapo (the FDA) have such a lock on the cancer cash cow, we have no alternative unless we find some doctor who is brave enough to help (in spite of the threat of losing their license - not because any of them have ever harmed anyone, but because they are cutting into chemo-profits. We speak in cryptic tones reminiscent of backstreet abortion days and it is very clear why Hulda Clark needed to move her treatments to Mexico, as have some Nobel Prize winners who have been persecuted by our FDA and their bosses (most of the cures I have heard of first hand have come out of Mexico, though the FDA is starting to put pressure on the Mexican government). Sadly those same mobsters are the prevalent bully in most countries because the pharmaceutical cartel is bigger than the oil cartel, worldwide. Follow the money.
Now, when I see that someone has been run out of the country or scoffed at by the "big boys," I take a second look at their treatments, because they are obviously successful enough to threaten someone's profit margin. God bless the rare doctors and scientists who are willing to stick their necks out and actually heal people, in spite of the ridicule and threats of persecution.
Amonia + Bleach = Cure for stupidity. .......2007-05-03
I have three words of inquirey: ARE YOU SERIOUS? This is the single most incredible, non-credible hoax I have ever read in my entire life. Anyone who reads this book and takes a single word to heart is spitting in the face of scientifically proven fact! Furthermore, they are putting power into the hands of an unqualified "Doctor," allowing her to continue with her ridiculous stipulations about parasites, electronic detectors, and teeth pulling. May the world's forces band together against this woman before she decides that the best course of action to cure the common cold includes drinking drain-o.
Not Much.......2007-04-08
I sent for 5 cancer books. This is is part mumbo jumbo and part pulling at your heart strings. I didn't find it helpful
Book Description
A thrilling historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London-and a brilliant exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world.
From the dynamic thinker routinely compared to Malcolm Gladwell, E. O. Wilson, and James Gleick, The Ghost Map is a riveting page-turner with a real-life historical hero that brilliantly illuminates the intertwined histories of the spread of viruses, rise of cities, and the nature of scientific inquiry. These are topics that have long obsessed Steven Johnson, and The Ghost Map is a true triumph of the kind of multidisciplinary thinking for which he's become famous-a book that, like the work of Jared Diamond, presents both vivid history and a powerful and provocative explanation of what it means for the world we live in.
The Ghost Map takes place in the summer of 1854. A devastating cholera outbreak seizes London just as it is emerging as a modern city: more than 2 million people packed into a ten-mile circumference, a hub of travel and commerce, teeming with people from all over the world, continually pushing the limits of infrastructure that's outdated as soon as it's updated. Dr. John Snow-whose ideas about contagion had been dismissed by the scientific community-is spurred to intense action when the people in his neighborhood begin dying. With enthralling suspense, Johnson chronicles Snow's day-by-day efforts, as he risks his own life to prove how the epidemic is being spread.
When he creates the map that traces the pattern of outbreak back to its source, Dr. Snow didn't just solve the most pressing medical riddle of his time. He ultimately established a precedent for the way modern city-dwellers, city planners, physicians, and public officials think about the spread of disease and the development of the modern urban environment.
The Ghost Map is an endlessly compelling and utterly gripping account of that London summer of 1854, from the microbial level to the macrourban-theory level-including, most important, the human level.
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A Solid History of Science Book.......2007-09-07
This is the story of Dr. John Snow and the development of modern epidemiology and germ theory. As a history of science read, this book is very good. It has lots of drama and reads like a mystery. I did learn about Snows research into anesthesia, something I didn't know about. Most of the book centers around the cholera outbreak in London and Snow's work to counter the generally accepted miasma theory. This is a great book for young researchers to see how prevailing paradigms can be completely wrong, yet generally accepted and even unquestioned.
Thinking outside the box.......2007-09-06
This is a very interesting book on several levels. It is a fairly detailed case study of a cholera outbreak in London in 1854 and of the attempts of two dedicated men, one an esteemed physician and the other a neighborhood Anglican priest, to determine the cause, which turned out to be contaminated water. Once they do determine the cause, they run headlong into the established scientific orthodoxies of the day, which center around the "miasma" theory, a vague notion that such epidemics are caused by the overall environment in which they occur, sometimes the air, sometimes living conditions, and even, in a classic case of blaming the victims, by the characters of the victims. Eventually the scientific establishment is won over to the waterborne theory, but not after long hard fights, and not until after many more deaths could have been prevented.
The central points that I got out of this book are these:
1) Pre-scientific modes of thinking prevailed in the scientific establishment until well into the 19th century, or 1854 as we see here. The idea of empirically testing hypotheses seems not to have occurred to many scientists of the day.
2) The importance of "thinking outside the box," of not accepting conventional or established ideas just because they are established.
3) Revolutions in scientific thinking, or paradigm shifts, as Thomas Kuhn called them, rarely occur easily. Often the revolutionary idea is ignored, then ridiculed, then fought against, then eventually accepted, often by a later generation which had not been schooled in the conventional ways of thinking.
All told an interesting book, well recommended. I did not give it 5 stars because the author can at times move away from the immediate narrative to more abstract matters that can often be tedious. The book can be redundant as well. But altogether a good read.
Fascinating topic, redundant writing style, too little about the map.......2007-07-28
I will omit a synopsis of the book. This book has been assigned as incoming Freshman reading for my local university, thus my specific purpose in reading it. The general idea of an "historical medical mystery" presented in non-fiction form was a very reasonable one for a book. The quest for the origin of the Cholera epidemic in 1854 London by Whitehead and Snow was presented in a an exciting captivating way. The writing style was painful for me. Quite a bit of the material was repeated over and over in subsequent chapters. When I put the book down and picked it up again, I would wonder if I had lost my place (ie, a deja vu-type of experience) as I was certain I had read the material previously. Although there is some info on the making of the map, it was a small part of the book's focus. Truly, my greatest objection is the way the editor allowed the author to roam wildly. I believe this book will be viewed as a painful reading experience for 18 yo college students, not one that would offer stimulation for future reading of medical mysteries nor historical fiction. In general, I could not recommend this book to the general public; those interested in medicine/epidemics/certain mysteries, might enjoy it.
A rare find.......2007-07-24
This book was one of those rare finds tht do not come along very often. I read it in 2 days - I simply could not put it down. In the beginning of the book, when he was describing London in the early 19th century, I was reading along while crinkling my nose and whispering "oh my gosh" the whole time. I was simply entranced.
Johnson did start to pontificate a bit at the end - this could easily have been left out, and frankly I finally gave up reading all of his views at the end of the book. But, that is certainly no reason to miss this fantastic read ... and gritty and real historical view of what 19th century cities were TRULY like.
Overall a fantastic book!
Wonderful storyteller but with a broken crystal ball perhaps.......2007-07-09
This was a very well written book about a subject that could cause stomaches to turn. The way the author told the story kept it interesting in spite of the sordid details of the disease and it's ravages on the human body.
Several have commented about the ending of the book where the author takes out his crystal ball and sort of predicts the future of the urban environment, but even that I found fascinating, if not a bit hopeful.
He did touch on the use of fossil fuels, but he seems to think that term only means gasoline ( his mention of New York City being the greenest city on the planet since it's citizens have a low gasoline consumption ) when in fact fossil fuels include, but are not limited to; fuel oil, natural gas, coal, gasoline, diesel and turbine fuels. All of which New Yorkers are huge consumers.
If the cost of energy becomes as expensive as some pessimists suggest, then I think the huge cities will once again become dark, dirty places which will lose huge numbers of citizens.
This book also makes me wonder if 200 years from now algore will be today's Dr. John Snow or Edwin Chadwick in regards to Gullible Warming. My belief is that he and the other Gullible Warming fanatics will be no different than those who subscribed to the "miasma theory of disease" as detailed in this book.
A great read, highly recommended!!
Book Description
Comprehensive monograph reviews the full scope of current management strategies of varicose and telangiectatic veins. Both medical and surgical alternatives are presented with step-by-step guidelines on invasive procedures. Superb illustrations highlight the text and depict the winning techniques of successful cannulation. Also reviews contraindications and common pitfalls of therapy.
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- The 36 Hour Day
- The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss in Later Life
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Book Description
Revised in 2006 for its twenty-fifth anniversary, this best-selling book is the "bible" for families caring for people with Alzheimer disease, offering comfort and support to millions worldwide. In addition to the practical and compassionate guidance that have made The 36-Hour Day invaluable to caregivers, the fourth edition is the only edition currently available that includes new information on medical research and the delivery of care.
The new edition includes:
-new information on diagnostic evaluation-resources for families and adult children who care for people with dementia-updated legal and financial information-the latest information on nursing homes and other communal living arrangements-new information on research, medications, and the biological causes and effects of dementia
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Customer Reviews:
Everyone Should Read.......2007-10-04
I am so sorry that I did not read this book 5 years ago. It explained why my mom behaves the way that she does. I think that everyone needs to read this because there is not a person alive that does not or will not love someone who has dementia or Alzheimers. It gives medical information that is easy to understand as well as ways to best deal with their loved one. It reassures the caregiver that they need to take care of themselves and it helps them to realize that thier loved one still loves them but is sometimes unable to show it in acceptable ways.
An absolute must for caregivers.......2007-07-27
For those of us who are caregivers, this book is a lifesaver. Before reading this book I was certain that many of the behaviors that my family member exhibits were unique to her. While I often read about Alzheimer's, I never read anything that made me stop and realize that, first, I am not alone, and second, that there are ways that I can handle situations better. This book is full of great suggestions on how to deal with the many behavioral issues that are exhibited by those with Alzheimer's and dementia.
Whenever I have an especially difficult day, I go online to the Alzheimer's page and remind myself how difficult it is for my family member. This book drove home that message, yet more importantly provided me with some tools on how to deal with these issues. I cannot stress enough how much I thought our situation and the behaviors were unique; it is liberating to realize that they are not. As well, understanding why the person exhibits such behaviors makes it much easier to respond correctly.
I wish I could thank the authors personally for this book. I hope they both know that their wisdom, concern and awareness of the Alzheimer patient has made a difference for me, and I am certain has made a difference for many others.
Caregivers -- buy this book, you will find some stress greatly diminished.
The 36 Hour Day.......2007-07-16
The 36-Hour Day is an excellent book for anyone dealing with Alzheimer's patients. It is hard for me to imagine anyone with the disease reading the book, but family members will benefit tremendously.
The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss in Later Life.......2007-07-01
Well-written, easy to read, and comprehansive..excellent resource! I have already recommended it to others facing a future as a caregiver.
A MUST read for anyone that has an alzheimer family member, or anyone involved in the care of an alzheimer patient!!!!!!.......2007-06-11
I can not stress enough just how helpful and informative this book is. My Dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer Disease 6 years ago. In those 6 years we have seen numerous doctors, taken numerous tests, spoke to many Social Workers, Home Health Aides, etc. NO ONE gave me the advice, information, suggestions, help, etc., anywhere near as well and thorough as "The 36 Hour Day".
I think so highly of this book and recommend it so much; that just last week, I had a meeting with the Director of Nursing, Head Nurse, and Social Worker at the nursing home where my Dad resides. I highly recommended this book and told the Dir. Of Nursing, it should be mandatory reading for anyone working in the facility.
If you have a loved one or are a care taker of someone with Alzheimer Disease---RUN do not walk, to your nearest bookstore and pick up a copy of this book.
Book Description
This book is a textbook and clinical manual on the treatment of modern Western medical diseases with Chinese medicine. By modern Western medical diseases, we mean all the disease categories of Western medicine excluding gynecology and pediatrics. By Chinese medicine, we mean standard contemporary professional Chinese medicine as taught at the two dozen provincial Chinese medical colleges in the People's Respublic of China. The two main therapeutic modalities used in the practice of this style of Chinese medicine are acupuncture-moxibustion and the internal administration of multi-ingredient Chinese medicinal formulas. Treatment plans for each disease discussed herein are given for each of these two main modalities.
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Another brilliant text from Blue Poppy.......2006-10-18
From Acupuncture Today, Sept. 2003
By Robert C. Dichiera, AP, ATC/L
Blue Poppy Press has published yet another brilliant text from co-authors Bob Flaws and Philippe Sionneau. The Treatment of Modern Western Medical Diseases with Chinese Medicine: A Textbook and Clinical Manual conveys the authors' collective 30 years of experience. Bob Flaws and Philippe Sionneau have taken 72 modern Western diseases not seen in most English-Chinese medical texts and illustrated the disease patterns and treatment protocols for each.
Like most texts in this field, the first section is devoted to basic to advanced theories of diagnosis patterns in Chinese medicine. However, unlike most texts, this initial section includes an explanation of renowned practitioners and their specific diagnosis theories not taught in most Western Chinese medical schools. These include Li Dong-Yuan's theory of yin fire, Liu Wan-Su's theory of similar transformations, and Zhu Dan-Xi's theory of the Six Depressions.
The second section of the text is the treatment formulary. The 72 subsequent chapters are arranged in alphabetical order according to the medical disease discussed. Each chapter begins with the allopathic etiology of the disease and concludes with several important remarks from a TCM perspective. The diseases are broken down into their various TCM patterns, and a treatment formulary is prescribed for each, including herbal medicines, patent remedies and acupuncture points. I found the "additions" and "subtractions" an extremely valuable reference tool to help individualize the treatments.
There is no way to "cookbook" a treatment plan that involves the use of acupuncture and herbal medicines. What this text attempts to do is present the basis for use of each different type of acupoint and herbal formulary for each diseased pattern, and allow students and practitioners alike to make their own decisions as to which will be most effective in a given clinical situation. I believe this text is an essential manual to own. The Treatment of Modern Western Medical Diseases with Chinese Medicine: A Textbook and Clinical Manual will benefit students and practitioners of both Eastern and Western medicine. I look forward to similar volumes in the near future.
Dr. Dichiera's rating: 10 out of 10
A Gem of Clarity.......2004-02-06
There have been other books in English elaborating the Chinese medical pattern identification and treatment of biomedically-defined diseases, but none so meticulously researched and presented as this one. The writing is organized, logical, and exceptionally clear.
The introductory chapter contains one of the most lucid discussions of Li Dong-yuan's yin fire theory anywhere. This book is unique in its genre for including relevant points of yin fire theory in its discussion of the Chinese medical evaluation and treatment of more than 65 commonly-encountered biomedically-defined diseases. Practitioners and students alike will deeply appreciate its discussion of disease pathomechanisms, a subject typically glossed over by similar works.
The level of detail in both the Chinese medical and biomedical discussion of each disease is considerable, and the authors frequently make reference to recent research articles from China and from the English-speaking world.
The discussion of treatment is at a similarly high level, with a detailed prescription-modifying approach to each pattern for each disease. Both herbal medicine and acupuncture are covered, although the emphasis is clearly on herbal medicine.
One wishes that the index had received the same care and attention that was lavished on the manuscript; for example, there is an entire chapter on migraine headaches and no corresponding entry in the index. Readers may find the table of contents more useful in locating specific information.
This book should be considered a primary source for practitioners researching treatment for their patients, and a required textbook in courses on the differentiation of disease for students of Chinese medicine. It is the first English-language textbook to advance an evidence-based, yet individually responsive approach to those diseases most often encountered in outpatient clinical practice of Chinese medicine in North America. Essential reading.
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A chilling real-life medical thriller, Coronary chronicles the story of two highly respected heart doctors who violated the most sacred principle of their profession: First, do no harm.
In the summer of 2002, fifty-five-year-old John Corapi, a Catholic priest with a colorful background, visited Dr. Chae Hyun Moon, a celebrated cardiologist in Redding, California. Corapi had been suffering from exhaustion and shortness of breath, and although a physical examination and a conventional stress test revealed nothing abnormal, Moon insisted that the calcium level in Corapi's coronary arteries called for a highly invasive diagnostic test: an angiogram. A chain-smoking Korean immigrant known for his gruff bedside manner, Moon performed the procedure briskly and immediately handed down a devastating diagnosis: "I'm sorry; there is nothing I can do for you. You need a triple bypass tomorrow morning." He then abruptly left the room.
Several hours later, however, Moon inexplicably decided the surgery could wait until Corapi returned from a previously scheduled cross-country trip. Unnerved by the dire diagnosis and also by Moon's inconsistent statements, Corapi sought other opinions. To his amazement, a second, third, and fourth doctor found that his heart was perfectly healthy. In fact, for a man his age, Corapi's arteries were remarkably free of disease.
Sensing a cause more disturbing than human error, Corapi took his story to the FBI. As local agent Mike Skeen soon discovered, Corapi was one of a number of people who had suspicions about Moon and Moon's go-to cardiac surgeon, Dr. Fidel Realyvasquez, an equally respected member of the close-knit northern California community. Working at a hospital owned by Tenet Healthcare, Moon would make the diagnoses and Realyvasquez would perform the surgeries. Together, these leaders of the Redding medical establishment put hundreds of healthy people at risk, some of whom never recovered. Soon Skeen launched a major investigation, interviewing numerous doctors and patients, and forty federal agents raided the hospital where the doctors worked.
A timely and provocative dissection of America's medical-industrial complex, Coronary lays bare the financial structures that drive the American healthcare system, and which precipitated Moon's and Realyvasquez's actions. In a scheme that placed the demands of Wall Street above the lives of its patients, Tenet Healthcare rewarded doctors based on how much revenue they generated for the corporation.
A meticulous three-year FBI investigation and hundreds of civil suits culminated in no criminal charges but a series of settlements with Tenet Healthcare and the doctors that totaled more than $450 million and likely put an end to Moon's and Realyvasquez's medical careers. The case's every twist and turn is documented here.
A riveting, character-rich narrative and a masterpiece of long-form journalism, Coronary is as powerful as it is alarming. This is a hair-raising story of the hundreds of men and women who went under the knife, not in the name of medicine, but of profit and prestige. Brilliantly told, Stephen Klaidman's Coronary is a cautionary tale in the age of miracle medicine, and a shocking reminder to always get a second opinion.
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Strikingly Similar, Unapologetically Honest.......2007-09-18
My name is Chris Martin and I am the author of Having Nasal Surgery? Don't You Become An Empty Nose Victim!
A friend of mine who had read this book referred me to it, suggesting our experiences as empty nose syndrome (ENS) sufferers have striking similarities to what is written in Coronary - and he is correct: a medical system that too often does not seek to treat the root of the problem, and in some instances surgically "creates" problems sometimes, if not all too often, out of a profit motive. Like the patients in Coronary, ENS is a surgically-created problem.
An apt analogy for what happened in Coronary is a car mechanic who literally smashes the part inside of a car behind the scenes and then recommends replacing the "broken" part. Granted, the analogy might seem a bit to the extreme, it might only represent a minority of doctors, and there might very well be a well-intentioned doctor when a problem is created, but this does happen today. Coronary shows us that it does.
In 1997, I went in for a surgery where I was to have a partial turbinectomy (to reduce my turbinates by two-thirds) and septoplasty (to straighten my septum). Similar situation to the patients in Coronary, preventative measures such as allergy shots or saline irrigation were not recommended nor consequently tried prior to the surgery.
The outcome? I had only 10% of my middle turbinates remaining; 40% of my left inferior turbinate remaining; 10% of my right inferior turbinate remaining; I had a hole high on my septum; I had a hole in my maxillary sinus; and my ethmoid sinuses were partly removed. Clearly, far more was removed than stated by the procedures, "septoplasty" and "partial turbinectomy." My newfound symptoms included chronic shortness of breath (despite a wide open nose), nasal dryness, throat irritation, thick, sticky, viscous mucus (throwing up after meals), shallow unrestful sleep, and to some extent chronic sinusitis. It is not hard to see why high rates of depression and documented cases of suicide have occurred among ENS sufferers.
Coronary might seem like fantasy fiction, but it is fact, however unpleasant that might be. And stories told within happen more than you think, in many areas of medicine. I am living proof. Kudos to Mr. Klaidman for his extensive research and exposing of the truth.
A fantastic read!
Required reading for anyone considering open-heart surgery.......2007-07-25
This book shows just how easy it is for doctors to get rich doing high-tech surgery on completely healthy people. Doctors Moon and Realyvasquez for years did totally unnecessary surgeries on at least one-third of the patients they sent to the operating room. The really scary part is how difficult it was to catch them doing it. They escaped criminal charges, and they kept most of their ill-gotten cash.
Much of the proof of whether or not the procedures were unnecessary turned on such things as how much blockage of the arteries warrants surgery. I found these arguments rather amusing. Although Klaidman doesn't mention this, there is remarkably little evidence that cardiac bypass surgery or angioplasty prevents heart attacks at all. Some studies have found that the death rate for patients receiving such surgeries and those treated with drugs or other non-surgical methods is almost the same. Open-heart surgery is an extremely high-risk business that at best involves huge expense and a long recovery period. At worst, open-heart surgery can leave you dead on the table, severely disabled, and/or bankrupt. Cardiac surgery is a major contributor to soaring U.S. medical costs. Note that in many other countries cardiac bypass operations are rare--but people live longer and are healthier than in the U.S. They pay a lot less for their medical care, too. My personal opinion is that in 100 years people will look at cardiac bypass operations in the same way that people today look back on the 19th century practice of bleeding. For more on this, I would suggest reading Nortin Hadler's book "The Last Well Person."
5 stars for the shock value, 4 stars for the writing.......2007-07-12
This is a a very competently written book about an incident that has inherent shock value and is horrifying because it really happened. Patients had heart surgery that was NOT necessarily needed!
I urge you to read this and to also consider reading some of the books and DVDs below (and please have a look at Sicko, the movie, no matter what you think of Michael Moore). I think all of us should take a close look at our medical system and, as this book indicates, there is room for improvement. When profit and medicine mix, there will be incidents when greed takes over.
Sure would like to hear your comments on this book, from either a patient or doctor perspective. So tell me - what do YOU think of this book? Or what would you have liked to have seen included in the review. I pay attention to YOUR feedback.
Also recommended: How Doctors Think
Sicko
You won't believe this really happened!.......2007-07-08
My small city was rocked by this medical scandal and divides it to this day. Klaidman offers laser-like insight into the nature of the community and its citizens. While the vast majority of the information is dead-on because of his access to court records, I wish he had made it clearer if his impressions of the actions by doctors and administration at the other hospital in town were formed without access to the hospital documentation of their responses to the behavior of the physician in question because of privacy laws.
This is a page-turner, more like a Robin Cook novel than mere history. Congratulations, Stephen. We're in your debt!
Fantastic book...Scary Story.......2007-06-08
This book reads easily, is full of suspense and intrigue like a novel. It is so amazing that this could have gone on! Being an RN myself, I can't imagine the total lack of peer review that apparently was the norm at RMC. My mother is also an RN who worked there with Moon and says the author's account of him rings absolutely true to her. This book needs to be read by more of the public to help them understand the mess the healthcare industry is and how important it is to be knowledgeable healthcare consumers. A big thanks to Klaidman for laying out this convoluted story in such a readable way!
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Mehmet Oz is a Renaissance man of cardiac care, combining yoga, aromatherapy, hypnosis, energy healing, music therapy, acupuncture, and visual imagery into his surgery practice at the Complementary Care Unit of New York City's Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. He's adamant that the relationship between traditional and alternative medicine should be symbiotic, not mutually exclusive. His patients are proof of this: when treated holistically, not as just "another transplant patient" with a plaque-addled heart, they perceive less pain during surgery and recuperation, are less likely to suffer depression, and heal more quickly.
While med school at the University of Pennsylvania didn't expose Oz to the holistic healing methods he employs today, his upbringing in Turkey and exposure to cultures worldwide did leave him open to new ideas. Oz helped develop the LVAD, or left ventricular assist device, which helps the heart of a patient awaiting a transplant keep pumping. Piqued when he was asked about his patients, "But has restoring their hearts restored their health?"--and he had to respond, "No"--Oz started incorporating one alternative method after another into his practice. He started with massage after seeing how it rejuvenated his wife after childbirth.
Healing from the Heart is not for the weak of stomach; Oz occasionally gets graphic, such as in the opening heart-transplant scene: "I finished closing the last tiny bleeder, then called for the electric saw, which was plugged in and handed to me by its metallic handle ... the saw cut through the bone like soft pine." If there's anything that might inspire you to pass up greasy French fries, this book is it. Current cardiac patients and their families will be enthralled by the tale of Oz's holistic revolution and his patient-success stories, and other health practitioners would do well to pay attention to what he advocates. --Erica Jorgensen
Book Description
"The medicine of the new millennium."--Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Words
Dr. Mehmet Oz, celebrated heart surgeon and co-founder of the Complementary Care Center at New York's Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, is spearheading the health-care revolution that is yielding powerful new healing tools that will forever change the way we think of medicine. In this ground-breaking book, he describes his pioneering work--combining cutting-edge Western medicine with such Eastern techniques as acupuncture and chi-gong, as well as such controversial therapies as hypnosis, music, massage, reflexology, aromatherapy, and energy healing. The inspiring and affecting stories of his patients are the heart of this book--from the extraordinary discipline of Frank Torre, who used his professional sports training to "psych" himself into healing after heart transplant surgery, to the "impossible" recovery of blues great Johnny Copeland, who was roused from a seemingly impenetrable coma through the force of his own music. In recounting his patients' experiences, Dr. Oz forges a blueprint for the radical new medicine of the next millennium--drawing on the best from Eastern and Western therapies and empowering patients to become partners with doctors in promoting their own recovery.
Customer Reviews:
An unexpected side effect.......2007-02-16
I rate this book very highly with relation to what it teaches regarding cardial care.
What also struck me is a reference to what he experienced in Turkey, were Dr. Oz spent a vacation as a child or teenager. He refers to this somewhat timidly.
Can you imagine: there was no toilet paper. It was explained to him, that Turkish people, like Indonesians and other Asian people refrain from rubbing an obnoxious substance into a tender skin with paper, which Western people have been led to believe represents cleaning, but rather prefer using water and their left hand.
People that use their right hand's middle finger to signal derision, don't know what they are signaling about. Dr. Oz mentions, that the Eastern method of personal hygiene also diminishes the survival rate of hemorrhoids.
So it would seem that the book promotes health of heart as well as of another , but less admired, part of the human anatomy. A double whammy so to speak.
Not yet Synergy.......2006-11-07
Dr. Oz is, I guess, trying to be a complementary surgeon, and he does okay in his explanations of the typical complements i.e. yoga, music, but he is still a surgeon, and his belief in surgery comes through loud and clear. Just as the "YOU" books are deceptive in their attempt to woo the reader into believing this is a new approach to medicine. Alternative therapies were mainstream medicine long before Oz decided to be a revolutionary. Hard to read a book based on false premises. I much prefer the truth, even it sounds to some as being "too loving." Read Rayna Gangi, Deepak Chopra- let these guys go be surgeons.
Heart on Heart!!.......2006-11-04
Great information and easy read. I learned more in one book than the other 5 I read on the heart and the things we can do to help heal. As a yoga instructor I will recommend this to my ailling students.
The Heart Can Thrive on Positive Thoughts........2006-06-19
Dr. Oz, the heart wizard, is of Turkish descent and attempts to combine East and West traditions of healing during post-surgery. He is a heart surgeon located in New York City. First of all, he is searching for the elusive one universal healing endeavor. Some things we all need are recommended such as Love is a major healing force, as is religious faith in one God. He is of the opinion that modern medicine is not perfect. Nothing is perfect, not even beauty, he says.
Music can be healing or it can turn destructive if your favorite network plays exactly what you dislike the most, as mine is currently doing, as an irritant. Believe me, I have the emails to prove it is done on purpose just to make me hurt. But I push a button until that awful stuff is over, so it really doesn't fulfill the purpose they intend. There are devils on earth.
Pets can be a reason to live. Some are actual life savers for their owners. The purpose of healing is to bring us in harmony with ourselves. Sounds like Depock Chopra.
Our minds and emotions affect our immune systems. Depression, loneliness, and stress (brains and bodies) can cause death. Emotions are not only in our heads but affect all of our body cells. All cells are geared to know what each is supposed to do, independent of messages from the brain.
He talked about the Greek myth of Psyche and Cupid, god of Love. She needed the knife so as to be armed to deal with consequences. Who knows when an ardent lover will turn violent.
A Good Combination.......2006-02-23
The view that all types of medicine (western and eastern) working together makes sense. This book seems to encorage a balance between both. I enjoyed it.
Book Description
At the height of WWI, historyÂ's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision of science and epidemic disease. Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research and now revised to reflect the growing danger of the avian flu, The Great Influenza is ultimately a tale of triumph amid tragedy, which provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon.
Customer Reviews:
The real version of "The Stand" by Stephen King.......2007-09-11
I really enjoyed this book as it showed in real life how fast a flu epidemic can spread. One has to realize that this epidemic took place in basically horse and buggy days, people did not travel as much. If you look into your family history, as I did, you may find a relative who died during this time period. After I read this book I discovered a graveyard for a turn of the century orphanage. There were so many children that died, all they could do is put numbers on the gravestones. It made me think how fast a flu epidemic could travel today. The references and facts were an eye opener.
Wow! Very Important Read.......2007-08-31
This book will definitely really make you reconsider the vulnerability of society to an epidemic. What really surprised me was how this single epidemic really kick-started the modern health care system. I had no idea that 100 years ago, it was easier to get certified to be a doctor than it was to go to college - quite literally one could go through a correspondence course. It also traces the development and speaks to the foundation of institutions who, our time, are revered for their stature in modern medicine, such as John Hopkins. It covers a great many aspects of medicine and epidemiology. What this book does best, and is truly refreshing for a history book, is provide insight into the thinking of the time - what role politics and political decisions made in the outbreaks in certain cities. What is truly horrifying is how really vulnerable populations are to influenza. Although we understand it better, actual treatment is still quite limited (prevention seems to be the best hope). A small mutation in the virus could again hammer populations around the world. I took on this book because my grandfather's family was so badly devastated by it. I never really asked enough about it before he passed away and now I wish I had. I recommend this book to anyone interested in epidemiology, medicine, particularly how medicine has advanced in the last 100 years, particularly in the US, or if, like me, your family history may have been effected by this. The most frightening aspect is the astounding speed with which this virus spread and the corresponding mortality rate that it brought with it. Tie that in with its extreme, and I mean extreme contagiousness and one finds a really frightening scenario. I can't imagine a world where people are dying so fast they can't even bury the bodies, doctors and nurses are afflicted so badly that they die almost as fast as the patients, that almost nobody really understands how the contagion is spread and people shun one another - neighbors, even family members. What is even more frightening is that this happened less than one hundred years ago. It really makes you think. It really makes you consider how truly vulnerable we all are.
a true horror story.......2007-08-17
First, with all the fearmongering about pandemics in the last couple of years, it is nice to read about the most deadly epidemic the world has ever known. It's not real comforting, but it is better than the fear Fox News was pandering at Rita/Katrina and the bird flu. It's a great book, one that should have been written, though it could have used a better editor. The book does jump around and there is a lot that probably could have been cut, but it is a great book dealing with a complex subject.
Frightening and informative.......2007-08-13
A facinating window into a horrifying period that we've almost intentionally downplayed in our histories. It's especially worthwhile given the recent concerns about an inevitable pandemic. We are better equipped in some ways to deal with a worldwide pandemic, but in many others we are even more fragile. Viruses, like trade, move much more quickly now.
Excellent Book.......2007-08-01
I learned a vast amount about disease, the medical system, and medecine in general. One of the best and most informative books I have ever read. Well-researched and easy to read.
Book Description
A fascinating account of vaccination's miraculous, inflammatory past and its uncertain future.
In 1796, as smallpox ravaged Europe, Edward Jenner injected a child with a benign version of the disease, then exposed the child to the deadly virus itself. The boy proved resistant to smallpox, and Jenner's risky experiment produced the earliest vaccination. In this deftly written account, journalist Arthur Allen reveals a history of vaccination that is both illuminated with hope and shrouded by controversy—from Jenner's discovery to Pasteur's vaccines for rabies and cholera, to those that safeguarded the children of the twentieth century, and finally to the tumult currently surrounding vaccination.
Faced with threats from anthrax to AIDS, we are a vulnerable population and can no longer depend on vaccines; numerous studies have linked childhood vaccination with various neurological disorders, and our pharmaceutical companies are more attracted to the profits of treatment than to the prevention of disease. With narrative grace and investigative journalism, Allen explores our shifting understanding of vaccination since its creation. 16 pages of illustrations.
Customer Reviews:
Rather good read.......2007-10-06
Books about biology that have journalists as authors tend to be less than desirable, often including instances of exaggeration for effect (such as in Hot Zone). Fortunately, this book appears to keep its subject material truthful and accurate, yet still manages to make it engaging enough for the reader.
Of course, those without a background in biology might find the book somewhat tedious, but the information provided can be of significant interest to those in the biological sciences, as well as those faced with the current social dilemma of vaccination vs anti-vaccination.
Pro vaccine propaganda.......2007-07-28
Readers should beware of the author's point of view as expressed in this book. Contrary to mass public belief, vaccines are not safe. They contain live viruses and neurotoxins, and are often contaminated with animal viruses from the culture mediums (i.e. cancer causing simian virus 40.) They are given to infants at a time when their brains and neurological systems are undeveloped and in combinations that have never been tested for safety. We are now giving 48 doses of 14 different vaccines to children by the time they reach kindergarten. Forty years ago, children received between 8 and 10 doses of 5 different vaccines. Instead of our children experiencing greater health as a result, we have more chronic illness among children than we did 40 years ago when we had far fewer vaccines. Asthma, severe food allergies, autism, ADD/ADHD, and diabetes were almost unheard of when I was a child, but are now affecting children at epidemic proportions. If these changes could be attributed to toxins in the environment, then the same proportion of adults facing these ailments would be in evidence, as adults have been exposed to and accumulated more toxins than infants and young children. Adult ratios of these ailments are still relatively low, so science must examine carefully what common denominators may be affecting children. An obvious answer is to look toward the toxic excessive vaccine schedule that is legally mandated by governments. More, rather than less, confidence would result in the vaccine system if careful long term studies could prove they were safe. Unfortunately studies comparing the overall health outcomes of vaccinated VS. unvacinated populations have never been done, nor have studies proving the safety of giving vaccines in combination with one another. Toxic ingredients including mercury and aluminum have also never been studied for safety.
The critical thing for parents to know is that vaccine manufactureres are exempt from liability for their products, and manufacturers are able to pay the FDA to fast track approval of their products, which has resulted in weakening the regulatory function of the agency. We now have a system that gives immunity for flawed or dangerous vaccines and which lacks oversight to prevent failures, while at the same time legally requiring parents to vaccinate without recourse. Every parent should be frightened out of thier minds at the prospect of injecting their babies with products that have undergone such inadequate scientific scrutiny and that are exempt from liability.
This author does a great disservice to the hundreds of thousands of parents who have taken a perfectly healthy baby with all of the potential and promise of a healthy and productive life to the pediatician for a well baby visit, and who has come home with a child that within hours or days is seizing, experiencing severe chronic diahrea, feverish, listless, comatose, drifting away into the world of autism or at worst case, dead. These parents know that it was the vaccine, not some phantom gene, that caused their babies harm. Their concerns cannot and should not be dismissed, as it is they who are sounding the alarm for the rest of society.
It is the advent of good sanitation, good nutrition and better access to healthcare which has resulted in reduced incidence of disease. Ask yourself - are children healthier today than they were 40 years ago? Do I feel comforatable giving my tiny baby 6 or 7 vaccines in one visit? Am I comfortable with the skyrocketing rates of autism, allergies and other chronic illness in children that can not be addressed adequately by current medical or scientific knowledge? Are the medical establishments ignoring the legitimate concerns of parents in light of strong evidence that there is a problem in the system? A better book to read about this topic is by Dr. Richard Halvorsen called "The Truth About Vaccines."
Revealing the history of the first 2 1/2 centuries of vaccination.......2007-06-07
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"In telling the story of vaccination, this book makes an assessment that is as fair as I can make it, based on the available evidence. I [the author] am neither a scientist nor someone with personal experience of a severe vaccine reaction [vaccines carry some measure of risk to the patient]...This book deals with preventive vaccines [that produce an artificial immunity] against infectious diseases [smallpox, polio, measles, whooping cough, etc.)...a vaccine's success as a public health measure relies on three legs of support: (1) the public, which must be confident of the safety and worth of the procedure; (2) manufactures, who seek to generate profits by making vaccines; and (3) government and public-health [workers] who...[help] further population-wide health goals. As [the reader] will see throughout this book, none of these legs is entirely stable."
The above is found in the introduction of this well-researched, easy-to-read book by writer Arthur Allen. Be aware that the author also says in the introduction the following: "I do...bring personal agendas to this book." The book itself is divided into three parts.
In the first two parts, Allen describes the history of the development of vaccines in a time when there were no clinical ethics boards or informed consent laws, the defeat of such infectious diseases as smallpox & polio, and public resistance to widespread vaccination. There's a lot here to disturb both proponents and opponents of mandatory vaccination.
The author devotes the third and last part of his book to the vaccine controversies of the last few decades. I found that this relatively brief analysis was not well connected to the first two parts. Actually, I can't understand why Allen added this third part except to "bring [his] personal agendas" to the "controversial story" of vaccination.
Allen does, in my opinion, highlight the crux of the vaccination issue by quoting somebody else:
"As in all wars, some soldiers are injured...At present, the draftees [mainly babies and small children] injured in the war on infectious diseases are in effect told by conscripting authorities, `Thank you for your contribution to the war effort, and best of success in coping with your [life-long] disability [caused by the vaccination].'"
There are two sets of black and white pictures or "plates" found in the book consisting of fourteen and sixteen pictures respectively. My favorite picture has the following caption:
"Six million New Yorkers were vaccinated within a few weeks after smallpox appeared in the city in 1947. Contemporaries were struck at the willingness of Americans to accept vaccination in this postwar period--even though the [smallpox] vaccine killed and maimed far more people that did smallpox itself."
Finally, those readers seeking a comprehensive treatment of the vaccine debate and history of vaccination outside the United States should go elsewhere.
In conclusion, readers seeking a solid history of the first 2 1/2 centuries of vaccination will find a lot to think about in this book!!
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(first published 2007; introduction; three parts or 10 chapters; epilogue; main narrative 440 pages; acknowledgements; notes; index)
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This man is a real jerk.......2007-05-31
Today I emailed Mr. Allen regarding an article in Slate Magazine that he wrote. He emailed me back twice and by his response I must have hit a nerve when I suggested that he was bought and paid for. He did not respond to any point I made but made snide and sarcastic remarks. This man is a real jerk, don't believe a thing he writes -- he's on somebody's payroll.
Vaccines can kill.......2007-05-29
My sister received a flu vaccine last year. Within days she was in the hospital and came within inches of losing her life. She was diagnosed with myotitis brought on by the flu vaccine, a rather common illness which is infrequently discussed. Further readings found that the increasing level of flu shots has not improved mortality rates for the flu (which are small to begin with) and enforced shots in the military have killed and handicapped many of our nation's soldiers. Of course, these kinds of stories and this science are left out of Allen's one-sided account. Vaccines can save lives, but they can kill too.
Book Description
Beginning in 1866 and continuing for over a century, more than eight thousand people suspected of having leprosy were forcibly exiled to the Hawaiian island of Molokai -- the longest and deadliest instance of medical segregation in American history. Torn from their homes and families, these men, women, and children were loaded into shipboard cattle stalls and abandoned in a lawless place where brutality held sway. Many did not have leprosy, and many who did were not contagious, yet all were ensnared in a shared nightmare.
Here, for the first time, John Tayman reveals the complete history of the Molokai settlement and its unforgettable inhabitants. It's an epic of ruthless manhunts, thrilling escapes, bizarre medical experiments, and tragic, irreversible error. Carefully researched and masterfully told, The Colony is a searing tale of individual bravery and extraordinary survival, and stands as a testament to the power of faith, compassion, and the human spirit.
Customer Reviews:
"Unclean! Unclean!".......2007-06-05
I suppose that the government officials in Hawaii in the 1860s assumed that they were doing the right thing by isolating lepers on an almost uninhabited island. Compared to the biblical era of rags, bells, and calls of "unclean, unclean!", they may have been somewhat correct. What they didn't realize, however, was the human toll living on that island would take on those people. It's actually amazing that so many surivied for a long time, considering the conditions. Of course, eveyone has heard of Father Damien, but the story doesn't begin, or end, with him.There were those who dedicated their lives to helping these people, and were successful , mostly. It's a grim and harrowing tale that this well-written book tells, but it should always remind us that even the best of intentions don't always turn our the way that we had intended them.
I Plead for Caution.......2007-06-03
I am little more than 100 pages into this book and already I can find more than a dozen cases where I question the author's over-dramatization and/or artistic license. I caution everyone who may read this and--goodness forbid, choose take it as a definative work of "history"--to approach the book with the skepticism it deserves. From the first pages of the preface--where the author quotes Jack London entirely out of context and leads the reader to believe London believed something he did not--to the blinding acceptance of newpaper accounts of the time as entirely factual (when, in fact, newspapers were notoriously biased in the days of the haole-controlled government), this book is already riddle with enough suspect material to make me shy away from it entirely. I'm certain Mr. Tayman did much research, but whether he has distilled it into a factual account is highly suspect to me at this point. It reeks of sensationism and I implore those who choose to read it to keep that in mind. This may indeed be more fiction than substative fact.
The Colony.......2007-05-28
It was well written and easy to follow. A lot of information in the book which I did not know. If there is/are anyone still afraid of leprosy should read it.
audio version of The Colony.......2007-05-11
I RECENTLY BOUGHT THE AUDIO VERSION OF THE COLONY, A NON-FICTION ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY OF THE LEPER COLONY ON MOLOKA'I. THE BOOK IS TERRIFIC. BUT THE READER IS NOT. HE COMMITS THE CRIME OF MIS-PRONOUNCING ALL OF THE HAWAIIAN PLACE NAMES, FAMILY NAMES, AND WORDS. HE EVEN MISSPRONOUNCES THE ISLAND NAME OF MOLOKA'I!!!!!! THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS FAILURE TO GET THE PRONUNCIATIONS CORRECTLY!!!!!!!!I REALIZE THAT THE READING ACTOR'S IGNORANCE IS NOT DIRECTLY THE FAULT OF AMAZON. I WOULD LIKE, HOWEVER, AMAZON TO PASS THIS COMPLAINT TO THE AUDIO RECORDING DEPARTMENT OF THE PUBLISHER, SO THAT IN FUTURE THEY HIRE ACTORS WHO READ WORDS IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITH ACCURACY.
A must read!.......2007-04-12
I originally listened to this book on tape because my son spent two months bumming around Hawaii and I wanted to have my 'own' Hawaiian experience. I was so taken by the factual accounts of the brutality and the lives of the Hansen's patients, that I am buying extra copies for my four children - I want each of them to be introduced to a part of American history that hasn't been taught in their classrooms. Wonderfully researched and well written, this book is a must read - especially today, in the face of AIDS.
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