Doug Kaufmann - posted on October 31, 2009 18:28
Mark Twain once said, “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Sadly, Mark, the exaggeration legacy lives on, at least in science, and it has now become an epidemic.
The very core of medicine is crumbling, and I am smiling, because following closely behind this failed system may come a kinder and gentler healthcare system. I’m not particularly smiling for those who fail to acknowledge how important it is to take good care of their health, because they may continue to require our current mediocre medical system, procedures and pills. To that end, ignorant patients are absolute gold to the very system that now questions their own procedures and pills. To those of you whom I meet at every lecture throughout the USA, congratulations! You have taken back the responsibility of your health and your ship has come in.
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