Ifervently hope that most of the Sun’s readers read Diana Gifford-Jones’s “Why is information so hidden in healthcare?” Her commentary is provocative, but should be read with care.

I share a somewhat similar background with Ms Gifford-Jones. My father, too, was a physician; she and I differ in one respect, namely that I followed my father more directly - I became a physician, and practiced my entire career at a large, public teaching hospital here in the U.S.. My father’s family came to Westerly from New Brunswick, so some emotional ties to Canada persist even if actual physical ties have disappeared.

Healthcare itself is often quite complex, and the information concerning that care may be equally, or even more complex. While there are regulations in the U.S. concerning these questions,

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