Is medicine killing you? Lissa Rankin, MD at TEDxFargo
Lissa Rankin, MD is a physician and New York Times bestselling author of "Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself", and the founder ...
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Translator: Arvind Patil Reviewer: Rhonda Jacobs Is modern medicine killing you? Or saving you? The very idea that we should have to ask that kind of question is so upsetting to me as a doctor. I was called to medicine the way many are called to the priesthood, as a sort of spiritual calling. My whole goal is to help you heal, not to harm you. And yet, when you look at the causes of death, preventable medical error is the number three cause of death, according to the Center for Disease Control and the Institute of Medicine. And it's not just medical error, it's the whole nature of our pill-popping medical culture that's been adopted by patients and doctors alike. Now, we know, according to the Center for Disease Control, that 90 percent of doctors visits are the result of...
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Translator: Arvind Patil Reviewer: Rhonda Jacobs Is modern medicine killing you? Or saving you? The very idea that we should have to ask that kind of question is so upsetting to me as a doctor. I was called to medicine the way many are called to the priesthood, as a sort of spiritual calling. My whole goal is to help you heal, not to harm you. And yet, when you look at the causes of death, preventable medical error is the number three cause of death, according to the Center for Disease Control and the Institute of Medicine. And it's not just medical error, it's the whole nature of our pill-popping medical culture that's been adopted by patients and doctors alike. Now, we know, according to the Center for Disease Control, that 90 percent of doctors visits are the result of...
