Guest guest Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 Thank you, Bobbi, for your kind words of encouragement. I am the oldest male in my class of 160 students (there is an older female classmate in her 50's) and I often find myself marveling at their energy and sponge-like minds. But I just keep my eyes focused on my own goals and do my own thing. Shmuel, I understand what you are saying, that the western curriculum and biomedical philosophy distracts a practitioner from fully employing the eastern system of medicine and thereby produces an inferior acupuncturist. There is probably some truth to that statement. But is it possible that that same " inferior " acupuncturist may be able to provide other modalities of treatment (i.e. western modalties)by virtue of his or her western training that other acupuncturists might not be able to provide? And if the patient benefits from such an integrative approach, then isn't any health practitioner's (any type, acupuncturist, MD, whatever) primary goal achieved, to provide the best possible treatment options? Put another way, shouldn't a health care provider's primary goal be to provide the best possible health care to the patient, rather than to be the " best " doctor, acupuncturist, etc? It reminds me of one of the basic characteristics of Oriental thought, a moderate and thoughtful approach that takes makes judicious use of any and all options available will usually avail the best outcome. Respectfully, Bernard Kim, L.Ac. Protect your identity with Mail AddressGuard http://antispam./whatsnewfree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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