I would echo Paul's comment; opportunity costs are usually hidden, but when you think of them, they often matter a great deal.
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:20 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: healing touch At 10:14 AM -0700 8/31/05, Jean-Marc Perreault wrote: >Hi Marie, > I've really enjoyed the discussion so far. And I would >like to ask you further: What are the possible negative conseqences to >actually engaging in a few sessions of HT? Granted that the HT >practionners do not attempt to "fix" anything major, which is what they >said they would do (or not do, depending how you read it...) I brought >the topic up with the counsellor who is setting the whole thing up, and >in the end, she said: "well, what harm can this possibly do? In the >end, students will end up more relaxed in times of stress (semester), >which can only prove useful. The placebo effect can be just as good as >anything else. And as there is no cost attached, neither to the >students nor the College, then hey!" >(I'm restating what I can recall from our discussion). The basic answer is the allocation of finite resources. Is this the best service that your institution could provide? Are there more effective alternatives? Further, is the use of healing/therapeutic touch displacing more effective therapies; is it making it less likely the individuals will receive effective treatment? -- * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Psychology Dept Minnesota State University * * 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 * * http://www.mnsu.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html * --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
