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> It is good to have had comments about this subject but sad to have
> rather
> limited understanding.It is arrogant to believe that our scientific
> based
> medical care is the only one that works.How many patients do we fail to
> heal?
> (healing being defined as making whole)As GPs we underestimate
> ourselves -
> we dabble in healing a great deal and generally pretty successfully
> considering the constraints of a 5-10 minute consultation.Healing does
> not
> have to have religious overtones - but it is to do more with the
> 'spirit'
> than the physical.I think most of us have some concept ot the spirit or
> ''energy'' of the human animal.Is it unreasonable that a healer might
> be
> able to influence this more than a Western trained medic?Could such
> treatment
> be cost-effective rather than adding to the ''thick file''? We will
> only
> know the answer to this if an attempt to research and quantify is
> made.Hence
> my interest in anyone who has made use of this approach.
My concern is that doctors for all our faults have not been responsible
for religious wars, persecution of dissenters, rape, murder, N. Ireland,
pogroms, burning of witches, heretics etc. Doctors do not use their
beliefs to ostracise others, and intimidate non-believers. Religion on
the other hand is guilty of all of these. I am a believer but I keep it
out of my surgery and I would be happier if I thought that all my
colleagues did the same. When we go to worship we know what to expect.
When we go to the doctor we expect a doctor. If a GP thinks a healer
appropriate then he should suggest worship in a place of worship. I feel
that offering God to an ill vulnerable person should be a breach of the
terms of service and a GMC issue.
I see my patients as whole people. This is not that issue.
DR Leonard Peter MB BS MRCGP DCH DRCOG
The Medical Centre
45 Enderley Rd
Harrow Weald
Harrow, Middx, HA3 5HF
Tel 0181 863 3333
Fax 0181 863 8941
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