“DSM-IV is the fabrication upon which psychiatry seeks acceptance by medicine in general. Insiders know it is more a political than scientific document… DSM-IV has become a bible and a money making bestseller—its major failings notwithstanding.” KnowsPoliticalFailingAcceptanceMajorsMedicineMaking MoneyDocumentsPsychiatryInsidersFabrication Author:Loren Mosher
“[Alternative medicine is defined as] that set of practices that cannot be tested, refuse to be tested or consistently fail tests.” PracticeFailingTestsMedicineRefusePositive AtheismDefinedAlternativesConsistentlyTestedAlternative Medicine Book:A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love Source: A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love
“In our 'don't just sit there, do something' culture, when we get sick we are supposed to become characters in a heroic medical narrative that conceals the remorselessness of pathology, the intractable fact of human vulnerability, and the inevitable inadequacies of medicine. To many of the participants in the medical drama, aggressive treatment - even when it fails - represents a quasi-religious quest for immortality and meaning.” HumansCharacterFactsCultureReligiousFailingDramaSickMedicineIllnessMedicalInevitableNarrativeImmortalityVulnerabilityTreatmentAggressiveHeroicQuestsParticipantsInadequacyPathology Author:Suzanne Gordon
“Beware of addictive medicines. Everything in moderation. This applies particularly to the Internet and your sofa. The physical world is ultimately the source of all inspiration. Which is to say, if all else fails: take a bike ride.” IfsWorldInspirationFailingSourceInternetMedicineModerationBikeSofasEverything In Moderation Author:Aaron Koblin
“Either it is true that a medicine works or it isn't. It cannot be false in the ordinary sense but true in some alternative sense. If a therapy or treatment is anything more than a placebo, properly conducted double-blind trials, statistically analyzed, will eventually bring it through with flying colours. Many candidates for recognition as orthodox medicines fail the test and are summarily dropped. The alternative label should not (though, alas, it does) provide immunity from the same fate.” IfsShouldDoeFateFailingAtheismOrdinaryTestsBlindMedicinePositive AtheismFlyingTrialsRecognitionAlternativesLabelsTherapyCandidatesColourTreatmentOrthodoxAlasImmunityPlacebo Author:Richard Dawkins
“Doctors should first understand the cause of disease, then treat it with diet. Medicine should only be used if diet fails” IfsShouldFirstsUsedCausesFailingDiseaseDoctorsTreatsMedicineDiets Author:Sun Simiao
“The Christian church, in its attitude toward science, shows the mind of a more or less enlightened man of the Thirteenth Century. It no longer believes that the earth is flat, but it is still convinced that prayer can cure after medicine fails.” MenMindBelieveStillsShowsEarthChristianChurchPrayerAttitudeFailingCenturyMedicineConvincedCuresEnlightenedFlatsChristian Church Book:Minority Report Source: Minority Report
“Of all the things you can spend a lot of money on, the only things you expect to fail frequently are software and medicine.” FailingMedicineSoftwareLots Of Money Author:Jaron Lanier
“Socialized medicine must fail for the same reasons all socialism must fail: it offers no system for rationally allocating resources, and instead promotes the overutilization of all resources, ending in bankruptcy.” ReasonFailingOffersResourcesMedicineSocialismBankruptcySocialized Medicine Author:Llewellyn Rockwell