Complimentary Medicine
PreviouslyPrivatePlace
16-06-2006, 15:04
Should the government invest in complimentory medicine?
AlanBstard
16-06-2006, 15:08
I don't care what the government does, but if I'm in a road accident I want to hear sirens not wind chimes
Teh_pantless_hero
16-06-2006, 15:10
I don't care what the government does, but if I'm in a road accident I want to hear sirens not wind chimes
That reminds me.
The ice cream truck around where I live is fucking crazy. I don't remember what tunes it plays when driving around, but some arn't appropriate for an ice cream truck. I'm waiting for it to pick up "Ride of the Valkyries."
PreviouslyPrivatePlace
16-06-2006, 15:14
didn't really have traffdic accidents in mind, however, did you know that the some police forces are being trained in hypnotherapy to enable them to use techniques to relieve pain.
I mean, and as the title suggested, complimentory
PreviouslyPrivatePlace
16-06-2006, 15:15
That reminds me.
The ice cream truck around where I live is fucking crazy. I don't remember what tunes it plays when driving around, but some arn't appropriate for an ice cream truck. I'm waiting for it to pick up "Ride of the Valkyries."
ah, yes, that's actually the trunk that they use to harvest organs. probably should avoid it.
The Beautiful Darkness
16-06-2006, 15:25
Should the government invest in complimentory medicine?
Medicine that compilments the consumer? Hell yes :p
Cluichstan
16-06-2006, 15:27
Medicine that compilments the consumer? Hell yes :p
Yes, as in: "You're not fat. You're just big-boned." :p
Evil Satanic OzMonkeys
16-06-2006, 15:28
Yes, as in: "You're not fat. You're just big-boned." :p
No, more like, "You don't ACTUALLY need ridelin, you just need to cut down on the mountain dew."
Brains in Tanks
16-06-2006, 15:43
Please edit to provide a definition of complimentory medicine, then I'll let you know.
I V Stalin
16-06-2006, 16:15
Please edit to provide a definition of complimentory medicine, then I'll let you know.
Complementary medicine is alternative medicine (acupuncture, homeopathy, osteopathy, reflexology, etc) used in conjunction with conventional treatment (ie. acupuncture may be used alongside chemotherapy to treat a cancer patient).
My belief is that the government should not invest in complementary medicine. It may be useful as pain relief, but there is not one unbiased scientifically significant study that shows that patients treated solely with alternative medicine or with complementary medicine have a higher chance of recovering from illness, or of recovering faster.
Drunk commies deleted
16-06-2006, 16:24
Complementary medicine is alternative medicine (acupuncture, homeopathy, osteopathy, reflexology, etc) used in conjunction with conventional treatment (ie. acupuncture may be used alongside chemotherapy to treat a cancer patient).
My belief is that the government should not invest in complementary medicine. It may be useful as pain relief, but there is not one unbiased scientifically significant study that shows that patients treated solely with alternative medicine or with complementary medicine have a higher chance of recovering from illness, or of recovering faster.
I agree. Why waste money on crazy, unscientific remedies when that money could have a greater public health benefit if it's used for programs to keep people from overeating and to promote exercise instead?
I V Stalin
16-06-2006, 16:29
I agree. Why waste money on crazy, unscientific remedies when that money could have a greater public health benefit if it's used for programs to keep people from overeating and to promote exercise instead?
Because governments don't understand the concept of reducing the causes of problems, and just wait until there's a problem then introduce ridiculously expensive and bureaucratic ways of dealing with it. At least dictatorships get things done.