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Article: Ecological perspectives on naturopathic and allopathic medicine. (The Best of Naturopathic Medicine).
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- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
- Article date:
- February 1, 2003
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"To be in a state of positive health is to be on good terms with the cosmos."
Skolimowski
Introduction
According to Western thought, humans are meant to command and control Nature. Since Descartes, it has been believed that matter is separate from spirit, and that the physical body, as part of nature, must be subjugated for its own good. Western physicians are taught a "stewardship" view of the body that parallels society's "stewardship" view of nature. It is well-intentioned, yet based on an attitude of separation and domination. This is not to say that Biomedicine (Western Allopathic Medicine) does not have its place. Rather, as we ...