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- From: James Nuttall <jnuttallphd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:33:43 -0700 (PDT)
Reinventing Medicine: Beyond Mind-Body to a New Era of Healing
Larry Dossey
Always in the vanguard, physician Dossey (Prayer Is Good Medicine, etc.) makes
a fascinating case for the next revolution in medicine beyond the current era
of mind-body healing. Rather than signaling an entirely new direction, he
defines a larger, more humane vision based on incorporating advances in
integrative medicine. His brief, persuasive work is bound to attract attention
from the general public and medical professionals alike, especially in light of
his pioneering work on the connection between prayer and healing. Rendering his
argument in simple language and illustrating it with many individual stories as
well as scientific studies, Dossey contends that we are entering an era of the
"non-local mind"Athat consciousness can accomplish healing outside the confines
of one's brain and body, influencing distant events, people and circumstances.
He does not discount the efficacy of medical intervention so much as he
anticipates an enlightened model of
partnership between patient and healer. While some readers may resist the idea
of prayer influencing such events as cell development, many will accept the
more familiar examples involving animal behavior (e.g., pets traveling
thousands of miles to reunite with their owners). Addressing such major
conduits of nonlocal healing as dreams, prayer and being in "the zone," Dossey
offers moving examples of human healing that seem inexplicable by other means.
He is at his most eloquent in his concluding chapter on "Eternity Medicine," or
the compassionate treatment of the dying.
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James Nuttall
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