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Intuition in the practice of medicine..and in the medicine of spiritual practice

In my most recent blog on the Huffington Post UK - called Medical Mistakes and the Intuition Factor - an amazingly courageous and forthright doctor spills the beans about errors in medical practice, but touches on a quality that might make a difference. Here is an excerpt from the article. How then can the element of “human error” be kept to a [...]

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Is being a satisfied patient bad for your health?

The familiar expression “the squeaky wheel gets the oil/grease” suggests making a fuss gets you a head start in the competition for services. But what does it say if the successful “squeaky wheel” on the trail for the best medical services ends up with worse outcomes? That’s what data indicates in a survey of 50,000 [...]

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Mary Baker Eddy – healthcare reformer extraordinaire…of course!

There is something pleasantly reassuring, if somewhat surprising, about a law professor casually commenting in her blog on “The Top 100 Influential Figures in American History” that she had to “click to 86 to get to the first woman.  It’s Mary Baker Eddy, who, of course, influenced health care reform.” Of course?  Of course!  Mary [...]

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