Limited Edition Signed Copy $19.95 The Country Doctor of The Year Award National Publishers Freedom Book Award A Timeless Gift Book for Family, Friends, or Anyone |
As our world stands on tiptoe
at the threshold of tumultuous change, does a He believes strongly that all doctors, no matter their stock in trade, city, town and country can, and should meet their patients as people in this caring "country doctor" approach to health care problems as did our country doctor medical pioneers. The wish, the want, the need, is and always will be there along with the hope that the spirit will prevail and continue to bind us together in our everyday encounters with our patients, families, and friends. He takes a commonsense, compassionate approach to medicine. He has practiced in Ethiopia and the African Sudan, and in the Dakota and Montana Indian country. He has worked with prisoners in Pennsylvania's correctional system and in the industrial setting of the steel, chemical and electrical industries as well as hospital and private practice settings. Dr. Hipps is an active public speaker and provides popular seminars on many aspects of current, alternative, and old-fashioned health care. He is a telogenic, articulate and popular guest on radio and television. He is also the author of "The
Country Doctor, Alive and Well" and writes like he
talks in a simple, direct and caring way. The book adds a touch
of humor here and there, all of which exemplifies Dr. John's encounters
with "patients as people and people as patients"™.
His multiple writings are the essence of a physician who enjoys
a friendly relationship with people and is always on the lookout
for their heartfelt interests and whole health needs.
John G. Hipps, M.D., M.S.,
Sc.D.
A PATIENT HANDBOOK BY WINNER OF THE NATIONAL COUNTRY
DOCTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD |
place remain for the simple and the compassionate, for love and
lightness of heart? It is Dr. Hipps belief that today’s doctors--no
matter the specialty, no matter where and what they practice, no
matter how managed--can do so with the caring and compassionate
spirit that endeared the country doctor to the hearts of people
as patients and patients as people.
