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From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Re: Prevention, science, etc.
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Date: Thu, 29-Aug-85 14:51:07 EDT
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> humans in the long run.  It's the "My mind can wait a while" philosophy
> that holistic doctors don't like to see.  Once the disease has been
> treated, the patient all too often says "thanks, see you when I get sick
> again".  The struggle against this attitude is what's new here, and
> that's why the prevention aspect has been stressed in these postings.

Well, if the patient has this attitude he's not going to go to a holistic
doctor in the first place. If he does he's certainly not going to hang around
paying doctor's fees once the problem clears up. If the patient is predisposed
to listen to the holist, he's probably already doing aerobics and yoga.
-- 
	Peter (Made in Australia) da Silva
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