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...would treat a patient, they would say, 'I use this drug' or 'I use that drug.' But there are many ways of treating chronic conditions that don't involve drugs," says Dr. Allan Gordon, director of the Wasser Center. "You have to look at the whole individual. A multidisciplinary approach is the only answer." A patient who learns to reduce pain with breathing exercises or biofeedback, Gordon notes, can often manage his misery with lower or only intermittent doses of drugs, reducing the risks of side effects that come with every pain-killer...
...UCLA program uses an innovative mind-body approach that has typically not been used before to treat chronic pediatric pain. Team members begin by taking a detailed pain history and asking kids--even as young as 4 or 5--where it hurts and exactly how bad it feels. Says Zeltzer: "You have to be a detective and put all the pieces together." The resulting treatment plan may include pain-killers, but these often have side effects--and because they're usually only tested in adults, they sometimes act unpredictably in kids. Whenever possible, Zeltzer chooses from a broad range...
...give-and-take.) Other have told me they have had the same experience. I admire his willingness to analyze issues fully, on the merits, his desire to challenge and his willingness to have others challenge him. At the same time, I fear that his direct and sometimes confrontational approach can discourage the expression of dissenting views that I believe he welcomes. So while undeniably there is room for improvement in his leadership style, the cries of silencing seem somewhat misleading...
This direct approach to philosophy brought to mind Appiah’s most persuasive defense of his profession. He likened the process of reading and developing philosophy to admiring a great painting in a museum—its real claim to your attention is not its history or the greatness of its creator, but simply that very act, the “engagement,” of looking...
...value of a statistical life” in a Third World country, where workers might—out of necessity—accept much greater risks for higher pay. (Many will find this observation so repugnant that it renders the entire “statistical life” approach illegitimate...