so who is responsible for our health the answer seems to be everyone the problems we face in health care and social welfare are so vast that their solutions must embrace about everything known and in all sectors and then all the remedies identified have to be thrown against the wall of ill health in order for a good bit to stick the american health care paradox a book review i understand how people can become so desperate for relief that they will try just about anything after all when traditional avenues are all but exhausted what choice does a patient really have all our son wants is relief from his debilitating pain so he can enjoy the normal life of a teenager every day his mom and i pray that something will finally work so we can at long last lift the darkness and bring him back into the light chronic pain a blanket of darkness