Working with Doctors and Hospitals
People who enter the medical profession generally do so out of a desire to help others. The medical training is rigorous and scientific, and that initial impulse is sometimes lost in the process.I have been fortunate to gain acceptance with some in the medical profession who remember their original impulse and who also want to respond to the requests of their patients.
I have had opportunity
to work with the Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, where they are running a pilot program utilizing acupuncture,
massage and guided imagery. I created a series of CD's for the pre-intra-post
and ICU patients which are being tested to determine whether pain relief
(in the form of fewer requests for medication) and earlier release can
result from initiating the body's own inner healing mechanisms. I have
also done trainings for the Pediatric interns and residents, helping them
become magicians so that their interactions with their tiny patients are
more pleasant for all.
There are also physicians who recommend my work to their patients, and
I feel that is an exciting development. The new medicine for this new
millennium must be more "integrative" taking into account mind, body,
spirit and "non-local" effects, in the words of Dr. Larry Dossey. Every
interaction is an opportunity for harming or healing, and as we recognize
that, we can change the face of medicine forever.
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