Guest guest Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 All, I just posted this on CHA but thought I'd cross post it here, as it is as pertinent (or impertinent) here as there. I did ask myself for permission, and though I refused, I'm posting it here anyhow. All, > > Recent threads have become entangled with > questions related to what is real. > > This evening I was just thinking about what > we're up against here as members of a > profession that has, as its metier, matters > of life and death. > > I think I've mentioned this book before, > and it's certainly a well known title and > has been since its publication several > years ago. But it gives a very good > reality check of how that transition from > life to death occurs in modern American > society...at least in the experience of > Dr. Nuland, a vet of some 40 years > in a large New England medical center, > who wrote the book. > > It's called How We Die, and if you're > not familiar with it, it might be interesting > to read in the context of the current > discussions about what it means to > be a practitioner of Chinese medicine. > > How we live and how we seek our > health, after all, is a reflection of how > we die. > > Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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