Writing Practice Prescription

Does Disease Have Meaning?

Disease of Meaning, Manifestations of Health, and Metaphor
Disease does have meaning, according to the authors of a 1999 editorial in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. They begin their provoking editorial with the thought that the reigning biomolecular model of healthcare commonly sees disease and health as distinct opposites. These authors [...]

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It’s time to think outside the pill box.
Sir William Osler had a lot to say about this:

“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.”
“Man has an inborn craving for medicine. Heroic dosing for several generations has given his tissues a thirst for drugs. The desire to [...]

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