Great Quotes from Lawrence LeShan's book, Cancer As A Turning Point

[Guest guest]

Here are a couple of quotes from Lawrence LeShan's ground-breaking

book, " Cancer As A Turning Point " :

" Many(allopathic)doctors are so completely oriented to fighting

disease and ignoring the sick person that, in a catastrophic illness,

they often seem to be asking themselves: " How many heroic measures

and mutilating operations can be charged to the patient,(or to the

insurance company), before death---the final method of consumer

resistance---is allowed to intervene? "

" They (allopathic doctors) define a " good " patient as one who accepts

their statements and their actions uncritically and unquestioningly.

A " bad " patient is one who asks questions to which they do not have

the answers, raises problems with which they are uncomfortable, and

who does not accept hospital procedures as necessarily wise, useful

or intelligent. "

LeShan is a very fair-minded, highly-perceptive PhD who spent more

than twenty-five years observing people with cancer in hospital

settings.

Elliot