Author(s): Claus-Frenz Claussen
The twenty-first century is posting a flag in front of the medical community that reads, "Keep your medical services affordable!" This means that despite all the improvements in the quality and quantity of diagnostic and therapeutic services, the costs for health care must remain at their current levei or be reduced while yet maintaining the current good levei of services. The field of diseases that must be treated by physicians extends ove r a very broad spectrum, including morphological disorders (e.g., fractures, tumors, and vascular accidents), metabolic disorders (e.g., diabetes , liver and kidney failure), functional diseases (e.g., hypertension, hypotension), neurosensory disorders (e.g., vertigo and tinnitus), and many other categories (e.g., infections, hormonal degenerative diseases, psychiatric diseases). Having