Administrative Medicine

Administrative medicine presents an edited summary of a three-day conference of selected leaders in medicine, nursing, education, public health, and sociology. Although the theme of the conference was Administrative Medicine, the discussions actually constituted a potpourri of a wide variety of subjects related to the socio-economic problems involved with general health care in the community. Discussion jumps from preventive medicine and medical and nursing education and financing to labor health centers, group practice, and medical care plans. Mixed in are observations on human relations in hospitals, general practitioners, and family doctors, and efforts to justify the existence of chiropractors. This book is not of too much value as a reference text. It is not organized in a way to be particularly helpful although an index has been added. However, it presents the very frank views and opinions of a number of thoughtful students of medical care problems in an informal fashion. If one cannot participate in such a conference, this is the next best method of understanding the views of leaders in this field. A. W. SNOKE