Whistle-blower Exposes Government in New Book

By: Dec. 05, 2014
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LOS ANGELES

The Watergate scandal and President Nixon's administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement is one of the most well-known scandals of President Richard Nixon's time in office. However, authors Joy Garrison Cauffman and Ronald L. Linder want readers to know it wasn't the only scam to occur during President Nixon's tenure.

"A Forty-Year Retrospective of President Nixon's Committee on Health Education: A Whistle-Blower's Diary" (published by iUniverse) is written by Cauffman and Linder, both members of the Presidential Committee on Health Education, which was commissioned by President Nixon in 1971. In this new book, Cauffman and Linder explain that the committee's outcome was predetermined long before it even met.

"Without this book," writes Linder, who was an alternate member of the committee, "few decision makers would even know what actually took place in this Presidential Committee on Health Education."

Though the committee was established to address health care costs, Cauffman and Linder saw very little discussion. Instead, they allege that the committee was a front. They say that the committee was a political tool for President Nixon to use to push his political agenda. They say the testimonies of healthcare educators were silenced and ignored and when Cauffman tried to speak out, they say she was threatened by President Nixon's representatives.

Both Cauffman and Linder are dedicated to bringing to light the problems facing the healthcare system and giving direction on how to go about fixing them.

"A Forty-Year Retrospective of President Nixon's Committee on Health Education"
By Cauffman and Ronald L. Linder
Hardcover | 6 x 9 in | 158 pages | ISBN 9781475995848
Softcover | 6 x 9 in | 158 pages | ISBN 9781475995831
E-Book | 158 pages | ISBN 9781475995855
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble

About the Author
Joy Garrison Cauffman, Ph.D., is a world leader in health education and was the first female professor with the Department of Family Medicine at USC. She served on three presidential committees and founded the Coalition of National Health Education Organizations.

Ronald L. Linder, Ed.D., has coauthored several publications and received Telly Awards for the production of televised patient and medical education programs as president of American Medical Productions. He coordinated the National Science Foundation's Biomedical Interdisciplinary Curriculum Project and served as liaison officer with the Veterans Health Administration Western Region.

iUniverse, an Author Solutions, LLC, self-publishing imprint, is the leading book marketing, editorial services, and supported self-publishing provider. iUniverse has a strategic alliance with Indigo Books & Music, Inc. in Canada, and titles accepted into the iUniverse Rising Star program are featured in a special collection on BarnesandNoble.com. iUniverse recognizes excellence in book publishing through the Star, Reader's Choice, Rising Star and Editor's Choice designations-self-publishing's only such awards program. Headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana, iUniverse also operates offices in Indianapolis. For more information or to publish a book, please visit iuniverse.com or call 1-800-AUTHORS. For the latest, follow @iuniversebooks on Twitter.



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