There will never be a time when doctors stop practising. "Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability." - William Osler (1849-1919) They “practise medicine” because that’s exactly how it all began. If you look at the Wild West of the 1800’s doctors were apprentices who were trying anything that might work to cure illness. Even today the doctors practise because they are unsure of drug side effects and how to treat certain diseases. They are still practising as new cures and treatments are being developed. ".....some pain is chronic because the underlying diagnosis has not yet been accurately made, and therefore the most appropriate treatment has not yet been given. Unfortunately, there are many problems not yet solved or not yet diagnosable and not yet fixable by scientific medicine. This is why there is so much quackery and fraud in pain treatment; there are large numbers of patients in pain frustrated by lack of understanding and relief, and vulnerable to the promises of the unscientific." - Steve Zeitzew, M.D. “Any psychiatrist who doesn't know that his patients lie to him at least some of the time or even all of the time needs his license revoked." - Karen Daskawicz Definition of complementary medicine adopted by Cochrane Collaboration "Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a broad domain of healing resources that encompasses all health systems, modalities, and practices and their accompanying theories and beliefs, other than those intrinsic to the politically dominant health system of a particular society or culture in a given historical period. CAM includes all such practices and ideas self-defined by their users as preventing or treating illness or promoting health and well being. Boundaries within CAM and between the CAM domain and that of the dominant system are not always sharp or fixed."

I am not sure, but what is good for the goose is good for the gander. I think I will become a practicing machinist and every other one of my endeavors. Maybe this is a good legal excuse?

You should ask your doctor that one.

At about the same time as they stop handing out prescription drugs that cause more and sometimes worse problems than you started with and actually get around to treating the underlying cause instead.

Good one (altho' a bit 'long-in-the-tooth')! Yeah - in a certain sense, alla life is "practise", eh?! ;-)

when cows fly

hi, yes thats what id like to know,i had a gp that was only interested in 'THE MONEY"! he wouldnt listen to me asking questions was like pulling teeth.hed get you into his office,then you couldnt ask a question,you were pushed out the door. idiots like this we dont need.theyre worse in florida,they make so many dang mitakes its not even funny!

Thursday.