Bio: Barbara Mardinly Swanson is a professional writer with a lifelong
interest in health care and extensive knowledge of the American health
care system and the services it provides. It is her abiding respect for
medical professionals that motivated her to write this book.
Previous books by Barbara Swanson include Tax Shelters: A Guide for
Investors and Their Advisors (Dow Jones-Irwin, 1982), which she
co-authored with her husband, Robert E. Swanson. Her essays and poetry
have appeared nationally. She is a graduate of Smith College.