The dirty little secrete of Medicine is that:
Preventive Health Services = Natural Health.
So, do physicians who provide preventive health services to their
patients practice quackery? Can these same physicians validate their
claim that providing these preventive health services to their
patients has resulted in their improvement? If they can not, then why
do you expect alternative medicine to do so?
Physicians who advise their patients to STOP smoking, logically are
expressing their belief in the validity of vitalism, holism,
individualism, individualization, victim-blaming, and prevention.
Alternative medicine of today becomes the complementary medicine of
tomorrow. And, the complementary medicine of today becomes the
protective health services of tomorrow. And, the protective health
services of today represents the practice of natural health care. No
other conclusion is logically possible.
Attack natural health and you are in fact attacking your own
protective health services. Provide protective health services to
your patients and you are promoting natural health care.
Just thought that you might want to know. 🙂
Lesson #6-The Ideologies of Natural Health
http://tutorials.naturalhealthperspective.com/natural-health.html
"Natural health and alternative medicine are based on six concepts:
vitalism, holism, individualism, individualization, victim-blaming,
and prevention.
Under Vitalism, all healing is essentially self-healing, a basic
property of all living beings.
Under Holism, sickness is viewed as a result of a weakened body that
has fallen into an unbalanced condition.
Under Individualism, individuals are capable of accepting
responsibility for their personal health.
Under Individualization, treatment should not be exactly the same for
each person because everyone is different.
Under Victom-Blaming, at-risk behavior is seen as the problem and
changing lifestyle is viewed as the solution.
Under Prevention, emphasis is on building up health rather than on
fighting disease."
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John Gohde,
Patient Empowerment Advocate
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