Dr. Pallette has written an entertaining and informative book on the problems of the health care system and offers some excellent ideas toward their solutions. Also, the book tells of the technical advances that improve the prognosis for the patient, resulted in patients going home instead of being buried as once might have been the result. These advances have changed the role of nurses from a patient-oriented role to one of a highly technical role of primarily assisting the doctors. The result is a patient whose health benefits, but his emotions and fears are often neglected due to lack of time for the nurses to spend with the patient. I highly recommend this book as both a good read, and an informative exposition of today's health care. The nurses really do know! And Dr. Pallette was wise enough to see.

Nurses Know! What Happened To Health Care? What Can We Do About It? by Dr. Edward Pallette ( a general surgeon with forty years of experience in the medical field) is a starkly compelling guide specifically written for those wishing to take charge of their health care before it is too late. From becoming an informed voter to spotting the telltale warning of and protecting oneself from medical fraud, Nurses Know! goes beyond the vast expertise of hardworking professional nurses to educate the reader against medical pitfalls he or she may not have guessed existed. Strongly recommended reading, Nurses Know! is particularly appropriate reading for health care activists and consumers in this modern era of health care crises.