Yours in health, James Allison >> I am glad you are all getting a good laugh out of this one. Donna
Donna Earnest This email contains only my opinion and should not be taken as medical advice. When everybody is through laughing please read this: Del Snow Four Forbidden Words by Ralph Fucetola III, Esq. When counseling alternative practitioners, such as nutritionists, I often find myself cautioning them to watch their language. How the practitioner presents his or her work to the client is very important * it lets the client know what to expect from the work, and helps to elicit the voluntary informed consent which is necessary before the practitioner can do the work. What not to say is often as important as what to say. There are a few words which an alternative practitioner must learn not to use, to avoid confusing the client, leading them to erroneously believe that you are practicing medicine, rather than offering an alternative or complimentary modality. The four forbidden words are: * DIAGNOSE, * PRESCRIBE, * TREAT * CURE. "Diagnose" or, sometimes, "examine" is when an MD or other licensed profes -sional examines a patient and determines the recognized medical term for the "disease" or "condition." Observing is not diagnosis, and an alternative practitioner can certainly note physical observables, such as voice frequencies, static response, biological terrain, nutritional stresses, etc. An alternative practitioner never diagnoses or uses medical terms which name "diseases" or"conditions," like "respiratory infection" for a runny nose or "arthritis" for painful joints. "Prescribe" is when a licensed professional authorizes specific medication or treatment in writing. Recommending the use of bioenergies, herbs, supplements, frequencies, aromas, etc., is not prescribing. "Treat" is the process of providing drug materials or other recognized medical treatments for the dia -gnosed "disease" or "condition." An alternative practitioner does not "treat." Teaching clients how to change, so that the normal form and function of the body may be maintained or restored, is not treating. Providing non-drug modalities, such as sound frequencies, Bioenergetic Nutrition, body work or massage is not part of orthodox medical treatment, and may be offered by anyone who has been trained in, or learned such complimentary wellness techniques. Recommending supplements to nourish the normal form and function of the body, and not to "treat" by changing form and function, is lawful. "Cure" or "heal" is when the observables (symptoms) from which the licensed professional deduced a "diagnosis" are no longer observed, and the patient is said to have been "cured" or "healed" by the authorized "treatment," even if the patient is dead a few years latter. Allowing the normal form and function of the body to be maintained or regained does not cure anything: if there is a cure, the person healed him or herself. So say what you do. You permit the body to find harmony or wellness, feeding it what it needs for normal form and function, and do not claim to "treat"which might just be another way to say, suppress the symptoms and pretend there has been a "cure" or "healing". Saying the right wordsand not saying the "wrong" wordsgoes a long way toward protecting your right to practice. Published at: http://pages.prodigy.com/lifespirit.htm © 1997 All rights reserved. UCC 1-207 -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
