Bill Putney wrote:
> Johnny Hageyama wrote:
> >
> > Bonehenge (B A R R Y) wrote:
> >
> >> Tell me about it. Modern traditional practitioners are even
> >> "discovering" holistic treatment methods...
> >
> > Traditional doctors have long practiced holistic medicine, and that
> > is why the receive 12-16 years of training. It would be possible to
> > teach a person to treat only a very few conditions in much less time,
> > even some major surgery (in as little as 2 months), but those people
> > would be lost if they practiced alone and encountered patients who
> > deviated even slightest from norms.
> You're kidding, right?
Of course not. Show me one field of alternative medicine where most
of the practitioners received at least half as much formal training as
MDs and DOs do.