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- From: esther@verdix.com (Esther Lumsdon)
- Subject: Re: Non-physician bashing
- Message-ID: <esther.725149226@sarge>
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- Organization: Verdix Corp
- References: <1992Dec9.000112.2254@ucbeh.san.uc.edu> <1gvpgsINNm32@im4u.cs.utexas.edu> <Bzo4H6.2tG@ssr.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 22:20:26 GMT
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- sdb@ssr.com (Scott Ballantyne) writes:
-
- >In article <1gvpgsINNm32@im4u.cs.utexas.edu> turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin) writes:
-
- > Those who embrace quack theories [...] are merely less
- > than well educated or lacking in the skills for critical thought
- > in the area concerned.
-
- >There was an interesting paper in the Annals of Internal Medicine,
- >July 1984 which studied patients and practitioners who indulged in
- >'alternative' (i.e. quack) theories of cancer medicine. Of many
- >interesting observations, particularly interesting was that most
- >patients were well educated (no arguments about what really
- >constitutes education, puleeze) and that 50% of the practioners were
- >M.D.s
-
- This is not really surprising. One can go through an undergraduate
- degree and medical school, and residency, and still lack the skills
- for critical thought.
- --
- -- Esther Lumsdon, not speaking for Verdix. esther@verdix.com
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