Thursday, May 03, 2007

It’s springtime, when a med student’s fancy turns to thoughts of woo

If woo is your fancy, the American Medical Student Association sponsored Humanistic Elective in Alternative Medicine, Activism and Reflective Transformation, held last month, did not disappoint. What’s more, the woo was accredited.

As in last year’s elective, a variety of woo based methods were featured, including, according to the sample schedule, homeopathy, TCM, Native American Healing, and Ayruveda.

The course web page reflects the antithesis of the Western scientific world view with this statement: It is only with the heart that one can see clearly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes….

1 comment:

angry doc said...

"It is only with the heart that one can see clearly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes…"

But if what my heart 'sees' differs from what your heart 'sees', how do we detemine what who is correct? :)