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Misdiagnosed: Was My Wife a Casualty of America's Medical Cold War?

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Here is a book that is long past due. Misdiagnosed covers a major rift in medical care, the generally inharmonious and uncooperate relationship between conventional and alternative healthcare practitioners. Mr. Smith shows that it isn't at all one-sided either; both camps are at fault, and patients suffer the consequences because of their failure to communicate freely.

The author details his wife's diagnoses by both camps, which failed to reveal the true nature of her illness--until it was too late. So who's to blame for the bungle? Both sides, simply because of lack of cooperation and communication. Misdiagnosed is a book of tremendous importance.

But read the book for a penetrating look at health care at the beginning of the third millennium. This account isn't merely a cold report about problems between the separate approaches to treating patients, it is a human story of circumstances and attitudes that should not exist. It's also a love story.