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Health maintenance organizations have undermined American medicine / Suzanne Gordon -- Health maintenance organizations have improved American medicine / Thomas W. Hazlett -- Racism is not a problem in modern medicine / Sally Satel -- Medical errors are a serious problem / Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force -- The frequency of medical errors has been exaggerated / David R. Zimmerman -- Herbal medicine can be safe and effective / Lawrence Tyler -- Herbal medicine is dangerous / David Bloomberg -- Acupuncture is a useful treatment / National Institutes of Health -- The effectiveness of acupuncture has not been proven / Stephen Barrett -- Homeopathy is an effective treatment / Rudolph Ballentine -- Homeopathy does not work / David W. Raney -- Xenotransplantation can solve the organ shortage / Peggy Slasman -- Xenotransplantation is dangerous / Mark J. Hanson -- Fertility treatments for older women can be problematic / Sarah Scott -- Fertility treatments for older women should not be discouraged / Roger Gosden -- Embryonic stem cell research will save lives / Richard Cohen -- Embryonic stem cell research could have dangerous consequences / William Norman Grigg -- Geneetic cures will cause a medical renaissance / G. Terry Sharrer -- The promise of genetic cures has been exaggerated / Tom Bethell -- Spirituality will play a larger role in conventional medicine / Michael S. Goldstein -- Cyberspace is making patients more autonomous / Tom Ferguson -- The traditional physician-patient relationship is becoming obsolete / Kevin W. Wildes.