>>> I think this book should be ready by every resident doctor ... and patient :)
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>LOL. That medical practice involves so much uncertainty has caused consternation here before. I try to tell people that medicine is a combination of art and science but that most people get their understanding of those around the wrong way- but I'm not sure everybody gets that either.
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>Would be interested to hear what you think of "House of God." Behind the cynicism there are definite truths, such as the concept of Masterly Inactivity. Definitely, 100% valid but almost impossible in today's litigious world.

Speaking of which, there's one guy who seems to have found a system in the cha... in that combination of art and science. One dr Hamer (or Hammer?)... my wife is reading that and watching the stuff on youtube (she's far better in german and hungarian than I am, and most of it is in these languages). Just search for german new medicine. After keeping an eye on it for a couple of years, we still haven't found a case it couldn't explain, and in a few cases his guidelines have led to a proper application of inactivity, with a positive outcome each time.

Um, just ignore the hubbub around his name, he's encroaching on well guarded territory, so the attempts on his life, court proceedings, refusal to check his results etc were but to be expected.