title: 'Catalyst for change.'.
abstract: Ralph Pollock left medical school just months before he would have earned a degree, but the lure of government development programs in the 1960s was too strong for a practical idealist to resist. Now 51, he's still on the lookout for ways to serve people in the healthcare field.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kenkel
mesh_terms: D001061:Appalachian Region; D003253:Consultants; D006265:Health Care Coalitions; D049673:History, 20th Century