Guest guest Posted June 21, 2000 Report Share Posted June 21, 2000 [zrosenberg] Tuesday, June 20, 2000 7:41 PM Re: ICD-9 Who was implying that we shouldn't be able to communicate with western physicians? Not only is every TCM practitioner trained to do so (in any decent school), even the lay person these days has a handle on biomedical language. . . .with the internet and public media, sophistication about medical lingo is at an all-time high. Who wants to convert anybody? Most medical professionals I have interfaced with WANT to know what Chinese medicine is about! This is good to hear, especially since M.D.s and chiropractors are getting certified in acupuncture (like wildfire). Question: are they learning any terminology in their brief certification program? How much? How much theory? Can we do anything about this, and are these M.D.s and chiropractors prescribing Chinese medicinals? -Jason p.s. Further question: if the western diagnostic system (symptom based -- not pathogen based) is in essence no different than our diagnostic system (i.e. a collection of symptoms under a heading -- fibromyalgia/spleen qi xu) is it possible to also develop treatment principles (etc.) for their diagnosis. I am, of course, completely against this for what it would do politically to our profession, but hypothetically what do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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