From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!zehntel!zinfandel!mark Newsgroups: net.med Title: Re: Non-Traditional Medicine - (nf) Article-I.D.: zehntel.885 Posted: Tue Mar 22 01:20:04 1983 Received: Wed Mar 23 21:41:23 1983 #N:zinfandel:16900002:000:1720 zinfandel!mark Mar 19 20:19:00 1983 Anyone interested in the various flavors of holistic/homeopathic/non-traditional medicine might be interested in Space, Time and Medicine Larry Dossey, MD Shambala Publications 1982 (Foreword by Fritjof Capra) which basically argues that relativity and quantam theory force a re-evaluation of the basic thrust of medicine in the last few hundred years. He claims that modern science shows that objectivity in medicine is an illusion (that is, objectification of the patient - viewing her/him as a collection of reductionist molecules, etc) and that our modern perception of time is incorrect and is the cause of much of today's illnesses. It's an interesting book, argued from a scientific/medical viewpoint. He does simplify most of the scientific arguments (and seems to be wrong in some minor points, though I'm not qualified to judge) but offers this explanation: I have taken great care to render several complex areas of science understandable to the nonscientist. To my fellow physicians who may be apalled at my purposeful simplification of disease processes, and to the physicists, chemists, and biologists who will look aghast at my uncomplicated, nontechnical descriptions of highly complex subjects, I can only reply that for the purposes of this book I can see nothing to be gained by being obscure. My goal throughout has been to be understood. >From the back cover: Larry Dossey practices internal medicine with the Dallas Diagnostic Association and is also actively engaged in clinical research. He is Chief of Staff, Medical City Dallas Hospital and an adjunct professor in the Department of Psychology, North Texas State University. Mark Wittenberg ...!decvax!sytek!zehntel!mark