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By James O'Shea and Charles Madigan. 384 pp. New York, Times Books, 1997. $27.50. ISBN 0-81292-634-X.

Sex is a lot like consultants. It can be treacherous to live with but untenable to live without. Achieving the right balance of both is something, I suspect, that a great many health care executives struggle with. Consulting, not sex, is the focus of Dangerous Company, a revealing book by two Chicago Tribune reporters. It is one of the first exposés of an industry that tries hard to keep its activities out of the public domain. Consultants are hired by the government, the largest medical centers and managed-care organizations, and the smallest group practices. The consulting industry eats up precious . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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