Comments on: Remembrance http://www.medrants.com/archives/2013 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RGL http://www.medrants.com/archives/2013/comment-page-1#comment-4114 RGL Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:20:48 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2004/07/11/remembrance/#comment-4114 Bernie ought to give up his ghost. The principles of homeopathy have been proven wrong by chemistry, physics, pharmacology, and pathology. A committee of Congress looking into the promotion of homeopathic practices concluded that it fits the definition of quackery. Furthermore, the three principles propounded by Hahnemann for homeopathy have not met the definition of what is scientific. Bernie can continue to believe in what has been called a "cult" in the United States, but to suggest that it has a role in patient care like this is ridiculous. Time for Bernie and his ilk to wake up and to get away from their beliefs in "magic." Bernie ought to give up his ghost. The principles of homeopathy have been proven wrong by chemistry, physics, pharmacology, and pathology.
A committee of Congress looking into the promotion of homeopathic practices concluded that it fits the definition of quackery.

Furthermore, the three principles propounded by Hahnemann for homeopathy have not met the definition of what is scientific.

Bernie can continue to believe in what has been called a “cult” in the United States, but to suggest that it has a role in patient care like this is ridiculous. Time for Bernie and his ilk to wake up and to get away from their beliefs in “magic.”

]]> By: Bernie Simon http://www.medrants.com/archives/2013/comment-page-1#comment-4110 Bernie Simon Tue, 13 Jul 2004 01:45:39 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2004/07/11/remembrance/#comment-4110 I read a post like this and sigh. While I don't doubt your concern and attempt to provide the most appropriate treatment, it's really a shame that homeopathy is so little known and practiced in this country. It has so much to offer in situations like this. I read a post like this and sigh. While I don’t doubt your concern and attempt to provide the most appropriate treatment, it’s really a shame that homeopathy is so little known and practiced in this country. It has so much to offer in situations like this.

]]> By: RGL http://www.medrants.com/archives/2013/comment-page-1#comment-4102 RGL Mon, 12 Jul 2004 01:08:46 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2004/07/11/remembrance/#comment-4102 Over the 33 years that I practiced, I went through the same harrowing routine innumerable times. Everybody, including the family, knows the patient is dying. Not much to do except to offer solace and comfort. Those hours of waiting can be distressing, realizing we have done everything, yet we find ourselves powerless. In critical moments like this, physicians play a vital role in making the transition smooth. This is where his compassion and his empathy show. It's sometimes hard to be detached from your patients, particularly if you have known them for years. Emotions tug at the heart, sometimes with tears, but that's part of being a doctor. Despite the inevitability of death, there is nothing else more ennobling I could have wished for except to have been involved in the lives of my patients for 33 years. Over the 33 years that I practiced, I went through the same harrowing routine innumerable times.

Everybody, including the family, knows the patient is dying. Not much to do except to offer solace and comfort. Those hours of waiting can be
distressing, realizing we have done everything, yet we find ourselves powerless.

In critical moments like this, physicians play a vital role in making the transition smooth. This is where his compassion and his empathy show.

It’s sometimes hard to be detached from your patients, particularly if you have known them for years. Emotions tug at the heart, sometimes with tears, but that’s part of being a doctor.

Despite the inevitability of death, there is nothing else more ennobling I could have wished for except to have been involved in the lives of my patients for 33 years.

]]> By: Karen http://www.medrants.com/archives/2013/comment-page-1#comment-4101 Karen Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:09:28 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2004/07/11/remembrance/#comment-4101 hey db, this is the first post I've read on your website. Thanks for writing this. It shows what we can do to help patients die a good death. ~Karen hey db, this is the first post I’ve read on your website. Thanks for writing this. It shows what we can do to help patients die a good death.

~Karen

]]> By: DB's Medical Rants » My top ten posts of 2004 http://www.medrants.com/archives/2013/comment-page-1#comment-8518 DB's Medical Rants » My top ten posts of 2004 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2004/07/11/remembrance/#comment-8518 [...] laws. It really is about the doctor patient relationship The title is self-explanatory. <a href="http://medrants.com/archives/2004/07/11/remembrance/">Remembrance</a> A rant dedicated to a patient who died on our service. Levels of thinking My [...] [...] laws. It really is about the doctor patient relationship The title is self-explanatory. Remembrance A rant dedicated to a patient who died on our service. Levels of thinking My [...]

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