Writings

Newsletters, essays, and tributes.

Dr. Costello’s “Best of Health” Quarterly, 1991

A newsletter for patients, written and mailed in 1991 from my medical practice. Dedicated to the belief that informed patients will choose the “Best of Health” care available. Only two editions were published. Each article can be read here, or you can download the whole issue as a PDF.

Spring 1991

Vol. II, No. 1

The Quality of Medicine
Health Care Players’ Motives
The Hippocratic Oath

Download the issue (PDF, 4 pages)

Summer 1991

Vol. II, No. 2

A Graphic Analysis of the Quality of Medicine
Health Care Tyranny
Excerpts from The Declaration of Independence
Dr. Costello’s Economic Law of Third Party Payers

Download the issue (PDF, 4 pages)

Essays and tributes

The Miracle of Christmas Christmas 1998. What the first Christmas must have been like.
A Future of Medicine January 28, 1991. How medical care might change in five to ten years.
Eulogy for Fr. Paul A teacher, a coach, and a friend at Saint Louis Priory School.

Historical documents

Medical Office Online Business Plan, 1998 A historical record, not a solicitation. 153 pages (PDF).

More writings will be added here.