The Doctor is Out!

Dr. David A. Weeks has plenty to say about our health care system, how it can be improved, and protecting ourselves from a bureaucracy intent on keeping us out of the loop. In The Doctor is Out! The Insidious Encroachment of Bureaucracy Into the Practice of Medicine and the Resulting Dangers to your Health, this physician with forty years of doctor/patient experience delivers solid advice on creating a partnership with our medical providers, steering clear of a dominating health care machine, and gaining control of our medical records. Page after page, this knowledgeable author guides us through the world of health care—history, philosophy, its role in our lives—and how we can protect ourselves as it spins out of control. As he points out, we can control our financial records, banks accounts, and property records, but the most intimate records of all—our lifelong medical history—is kept from us. This book will change how we view our rights and those who challenge them.

Author and physician David A. Weeks has practiced General Practice and Emergency Medicine for forty-five years in Boise, Idaho. As both an elected and appointed official, Dr. Weeks understands the bureaucratic process at many levels. He has served as Commissioner for Pardons and Paroles for the Idaho State Department of Corrections, Commissioner for the County Highway District, and Chief Adjudicator for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (Medicaid). Dr. Weeks has consulted on political issues locally and nationally, particularly those associated with indoor air quality.