Galileo's Lawyer: Courtroom Battles in Alternative Health, Complementary Medicine and Experimental Treatments
If you are someone with an interest in alternative or holistic health . . . Galileo's Laywer is required reading. Written by Richard Jaffe, Esq., a noted defense attorney who has battled for years in the trenches fighting to preserve freedom of choice in healthcare, and to protect the rights of those who dare to make a difference in their patients' lives by practicing out of the mainstream of traditional medical thought. Galileos Lawyer manages to accomplish something not often seen in books of this type - it is both educational and reveting. Jaffe represented the Houston complementary and alternative medicine pioneer, Stanislaw Burzynski, in what Jaffe describes as The Burzynski Wars. If you are somewhat new to the idea of alternative health, you will find Galileo's Lawyer eye-opening. If you have some experience in this realm, the book will only confirm what you have always susptects, as Jaffe deftly details the courtroom wars and the governmental and special interest group over-reaching that has been the norm in the alternative heathcare arena. Galileo's Laywer makes it easy to see the importance of protecting the individual's right to choose the type of healthcare options to follow, along with the need to bring balance and reasonableness to the government's role in policing healthcare. As Jaffe points out, this balancing act continues, and it is up to each of us to be aware and be informed about the issues. --Enjoy Whole Health, June 2008