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Stephen Allen ChristensenSuite101.com Contributing Writer 
As a board-certified Family Physician and ER doctor, I was expected to follow certain rules whenever I treated a patient. In the vernacular of Western medicine, these rules are collectively known as "the standard of care." Unfortunately, this "standard" is dictated by forces that have nothing to do with wellness. As a solo country doc, I was guided by another code altogether: that of the healer and teacher. I spent nearly two decades in the trenches of American health care before my eyes began to fail; most of that time was spent helping my patients understand what was happening to them... and what they could do about it. I learned a lot from the people who streamed through my door every day. So who was the teacher, and who was the pupil? An autoimmune illness is slowly eroding my ability to see, but the folks with whom I've rubbed shoulders over the years have given me a gift far greater than eyesight: They have endowed me with vision. Some very special people have helped me along this road we travel. |
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