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Passionate Medicine is a compelling record of the journeys of five doctors and two veterinary surgeons from conventional medicine to homeopathy. In search of truth and healing in their profession, the contributors challenge the shortcomings of conventional medical training and methods, in particular the notion that effective clinicians should be objective and emotionally detached. Their insightful autobiographical stories clearly demonstrate the cost of the 'dehumanising' principle to the medical profession and argue for a more holistic, caring model that regards self-knowledge, passion and the ability to create successful practitioner-patient relationships as central to the healing process. The contributors make a convincing case for the inherent ability of people to heal themselves and for the changing role of the clinician from expert to facilitator. This book is a thoughtful and illuminating consideration of the relationship between the medical profession and alternative therapies, and will prove compelling reading for all trainee and practising medical professionals.
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Passionate Medicine
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Passionate Medicine Making the Transition from Conventional Medicine to Homeopathy
Edited by Robin Shohet
Jessica Kingsley Publishers London and Philadelphia
First published in 2005 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers 116 Pentonville Road London N1 9JB, UK and 400 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA www.jkp.com Copyright © Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2005 Second impression 2005 The right of the contributors to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, England W1T 4LP. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher. Warning: The doing of an unauthorised act in relation to a copyright work may result in both a civil claim for damages and criminal prosecution. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Passionate medicine : making the transition from conventional medicine to homeopathy / edited by Robin Shohet. p. cm. Includes bibliographic references. ISBN-13: 978-1-84310-298-4 (pbk.) ISBN-10: 1-84310-298-6 (pbk.) 1. Homeopathic physicians--Biography. 2. Physicians--Biography. I. Shohet, Robin. RX61.P37 2005 615.5'32'0922--dc22 2005006223 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN-13: 978 1 84310 298 4 ISBN-10: 1 84310 298 6 ISBN pdf eBook: 1 84642 129 2 Printed and Bound in Great Britain by Athenaeum Press, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
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