This book covers the author's experience in student, medical and Party politics spanning 60 years. It covers his involvement in medical strikes in NSW and Canberra in 1984-85, and in Canberra in 1987 and 1993. It includes the history of health insurance in Australia, and the health policies of the Australian Labor Party. It covers his unsuccessful federal election campaigns in 1972 and 1974, and his membership of the ACT Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1979. It covers the history of medical associations in Canberra from 1958, the Australian Provincial Surgeons Association and the history of the non-profit doctor-owned John James Private Hospital in Canberra.