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The Difference Between Healing and Curing

18 Oct

Via Scoop.it – Healthcare Continuing Education

Healing is not the same as curing. You can cure without healing, and you can heal without curing. In medical school and residency, most of our training focused on curing. Very little attention was focused on healing. You might heal a fracture or heal a gaping surgical wound. But healing a person? Nah. Woo woo, hocus pocus horseshit.
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Gina Ulery is the CE Coordinator for Professional Development Resources, a small non-profit that provides accredited online continuing education courses for healthcare professionals. She is also a Florida-licensed Registered Dietitian.
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Posted by on October 18, 2011 in General

 

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