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The article discusses the significance for medical personnel to ensure quality of medical care provided to patients in the U.S. It notes that thousands of patients die needlessly or have the quality of their remaining life irreparably damaged due to incompetent medical care by physicians, stressing that few standards of ethics or practice have been set within the American Medical Association (AMA). Harvard University professor of legal medicine William Curan emphasizes the importance of including medical ethics which focuses more on patients' rights and patients' equity in medical care in medical schools curriculum.

The article focuses on the experiences of Captain Richard K. Cole as psychiatrist for the U.S. 5th Cavalry Regiment in Korea. He diagnosed one of his patients, a squad leader, as a true case of combat exhaustion and suggested for him to have another job with the military. Another patient, a sergeant and squad leader, came to Cole after being traumatized from one his soldiers dying. It explains that psychiatrists during that time in Korea were tasked to prevent permanent mental damage to soldiers.

The article focuses on the political career of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson. It states that Johnson has reorganized the country's health services to guarantee better care. Furthermore, it notes that he has defended his Viet Nam policies and driven his listeners with a taunt concerning their own disputes.

The article reports on the changes of the practice of medicine in the U.S. that created a breach in the traditional doctor-patient relationship. It cites the result of a medical research which reveals that doctors have become preoccupied with the diseases than with the patients. This was backed by the concurring statement of Dr. Martin Cherkasky of Bronx's Montefiore Hospital in New York City. Also noted is the introduction of specialization in medicine and its effect on the practice.

The article offers updates related to medical and health care industry in the U.S. Dr. James Barnes Jr. reports that daily application of high concentration of common granulated sugar under special airtight bandage can treat bedsores. Dr. Edward Cotlier has found out that the enzyme hexosaminidase A can be measured in human tears for early identification of Tay-Sachs disease. Osteopath Patrick Lorey has decided to live in Tombstone, Arizona as part of his probation from selling amphetamines.