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Simple Medicine

A doctor’s reference guide for patients, featuring the most common medical conditions, complaints, and treatments described in easy-to-understand terms.


Despite all the new medical technology, studies, medications, specialization, and computers, medical care is fractured. The physician-to-physician relationships have decayed. The federal government and insurance companies are dictating what they think is appropriate medical care. Too many patients are over medicated and not receiving the standard of care that is warranted in 2021. In Simple Medicine, the most common medical conditions, complaints, screening, medications, and medical testing are described in layman terms and very easy to understand, helping patients take control of their own health care and challenge their doctor to do the right thing.

Rob Barkett

Dr. Rob Barkett Jr, MD grew up in Mansfield, Ohio, was first team All Ohio in basketball, and attended Purdue University on a golf scholarship. He was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He attended Thomas Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and he completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Rob joined his father’s Internal Medicine private practice where they practiced together for 13 years until his father’s retirement. Rob has remained in solo practice and is the Medical Director for a nursing home and Hospice agency. He is married and he has 6 children.

Morgan James Publishing