There has always been an alternative to seeing a proper doctor. Alternative therapies are now becoming well known and respectable. It may not be too long before the practitioners of these systems and their patients are demanding access to beds in general hospitals or even setting up hospitals for the exclusive practice of alternative medicine.

It has been estimated that about 40 per cent of patients consulting a doctor have no physical or mental disorder and that a further 40 per cent have an illness but will recover, whether treated or not.

So about 80 per cent of patients attending a doctor really need no treatment. In the long run it perhaps doesn’t even matter whether a diagnosis is made.

These people are probably going to do as well with alternative treatment as they are with orthodox Western medical treatment, so perhaps there is a living for the orthodox doctor as well as the alternative practitioner.

But what about the other 20 per cent of patients who do have a serious illness which, if properly recognised and treated, may be relieved or cured? Even fatal illnesses can often be relieved for a time.

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