Abstract
The prophet Jeremiah has a poignant passage in the concluding verse of chapter eight where he raises rhetorical questions that employ an imagery regarding health care. As new-age prophets, we must echo the sentiment of yesteryears sage: “Is there no balm in Gilead?” Is there no physician there? As if the response is known, the prophet then raises the operative inquiry: “Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people?”