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Namah An armchair view of physicians and patients

which keeps upholding the reputation of their Shoring up one’s inner resilience
profession. The Hippocratic Oath might
appear to be relegated to the background, There are indeed ways for patients to improve
but is surely alive and kicking. their inner resilience, so as to be able to
handle the harsh slings and arrows of Fate
In many streams of alternative medicine, the in a more positive manner. A deeper inner
patient is taken as a composite whole and connection helps. To achieve the same,
treated holistically. The inner resilience of regular introspection and meditation
a patient is accorded a higher weightage. helps.
Allopathy, the mainstay of masses in the times
we live in, does it the other way round, where It stands to reason that almost all spiritual
each organ is looked at and treated separately. masters exhort one to simply disallow negative
In mathematical parlance, alternative streams thoughts to gain a foothold in one’s psychical
could be likened to Integral Calculus, whereas system. Patients obviously need loads of
allopathy could be likened to Differential patience to be able to put this advice into
Calculus. practice!

Inputs from Dr. Shivani Salil and Dr. Shruti Bhatia are gratefully acknowledged.

Ashok Kumar Bhatia is a management advisor and writer who lives in Pondicherry, India. He
blogs at www.ashokbhatia.wordpress.com.

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