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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Holistic vs Conventional
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Date: Thu, 10-Oct-85 16:01:06 EDT
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> My main criticism of mainstream physicians is that they
> give most of their attention to making sick people better,
> and little or no attention to improving the health of
> well people.

While I certainly agree that this is so, I don't think you can really
fault the physicians.  It is not they who research medical matters;
they can only apply whatever information the researchers provide.

And I can't even fault the researchers, inasmuch as there are still
a number of "sicknesses" that I'd rather see cures/prevention for
(AIDS, MS, and cancer to name just a few), rather than have them
spending their time and money on researching "better wellness".

Perhaps after all of the "dread diseases" have been wiped out the
way that smallpox has, conventional medicine can turn its attention
to "well people".  I'm not sure what they'd be trying to do, though.
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Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {calcom1,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug