Guest guest Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Some of the recent discussion has sparked a question for me. It seems that like in many bodies of knowledge our medicine can be split into two camps. The purists and the pragmatists or the conservatives and the progressives. The purists seek to deepen their understanding of the classics and wish to practice in a way that is consistent with how the medicine has been practiced for hundreds if not thousands of years. The pragmatists seek to explore areas where the medicine actually gets clinical results and seeks to practice the medicine in a way that is consistent with the dominate scientific culture of today. I understand that seeking clinical results and understanding the classics is not mutually exclusive, but in my experience with my peers one tends to take priority over the other depending on which camp they align themselves with. Assuming this is at all a meaningful distinction, which camp do you consider yourself to be in and why? Chris Vedeler www.oasisacupuncture.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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