Some good tips here and a good reminder on looking for a physician who can actually look into healing and not just following the script. I agree that there are a lot of med students who are silenced early if they question the status quo when they could actually find something that could work.
Some good tips here and a good reminder on looking for a physician who can actually look into healing and not just following the script. I agree that there are a lot of med students who are silenced early if they question the status quo when they could actually find something that could work.
I vaguely recall some movie back in the 80's/90's where a medical school teacher was dying with Lupus (I think) and when she presented a cocky student with the symptoms his initial response was "see ya, you're gonna die". When he was told it was said prof, he changed his tune/attitude. I think he then actually looked for real/working treatments (without finding one), but the challenge to the conventional thinking was there and resulted in some change. I don't really see that these days. :(
I read the "back pain" article recently and forwarded that on to a friend at church whose wife is going through some horrible back pain with little relief. It sounded almost exactly like her situation - seeing specialists who only knew that one thing to try. We'll see what comes of it, but at least it's a good read. Who knows - he may even read some other articles along the way.
Some good tips here and a good reminder on looking for a physician who can actually look into healing and not just following the script. I agree that there are a lot of med students who are silenced early if they question the status quo when they could actually find something that could work.
I vaguely recall some movie back in the 80's/90's where a medical school teacher was dying with Lupus (I think) and when she presented a cocky student with the symptoms his initial response was "see ya, you're gonna die". When he was told it was said prof, he changed his tune/attitude. I think he then actually looked for real/working treatments (without finding one), but the challenge to the conventional thinking was there and resulted in some change. I don't really see that these days. :(
I read the "back pain" article recently and forwarded that on to a friend at church whose wife is going through some horrible back pain with little relief. It sounded almost exactly like her situation - seeing specialists who only knew that one thing to try. We'll see what comes of it, but at least it's a good read. Who knows - he may even read some other articles along the way.
Thank you