Our aim, our raison d'être, is to play a part in bridging the gaps in a shrinking globe. We hope our books open the hearts and broaden the perspectives of those who read them for they deal with the human condition in very different parts of the world.

In the past 100 years in the United States we have evolved from a loose system of folk medicine and apprenticeship-trained doctors with little scientific backing to their cures, to the world’s most sophisticated medical system centered on technical advances. Yet many patients and doctors sense that we have lost the human side to medicine in our quest for scientific miracles. We are facing a crisis in medicine that goes beyond rising health care costs and the uninsured.

At a time when the possibilities for cure or relief from illness by technical intervention are evolving daily, disappointment and mistrust of the medical profession is at an all-time high. Patients feel isolated while doctors feel pressure from the medical industry to minimize nonprocedural contact with patients.

These tensions affect people at their most vulnerable time of life -- when they are sick or injured and need help. The paradigm of professional medicine is shifting from one of trust and integrity to an uncertain mix of high-tech medicine, market share, efficiency and profit, with no consensus on ethical guidelines, and uncertain measures of consequences.

While the news media is rife with negative accounts of the medical industry in the United States, there are positive stories to be told that show trustful and mutually beneficial relationships between patients and doctors.

The stories in Bill Close’s books give hope to patients and medical professionals that technical excellence and compassionate care are still compatible realities within professions that seek to comfort and sometimes cure.

Our latest book, Beyond the Storm: Treating the Powerless and the Powerful in Mobutu's Congo/Zaire will be available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other books stores including our web site where all of Dr. Close's books can be ordered and signed by the author.

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