Bakken invented the first implantable pacemaker in 1957 but eventually became disenchanted with modern medicine. I discovered the impact is how the doctor and nurse works with the patient's body, mind and spirit. Even a good technician will have a poor result if they are working with just the body. Bakken is now devoted to integrative medicine at the University of Minnesota and the North Hawaii Community Hospital in Kamulea, Hawaii. Body, mind and spirit is what medicine was about before the scientific age.
Good physicians know what their words can mean.
It's a failing of our health care system that we don't have time for words at the bedside. Utilizing a popular alternative treatment, Maritza Vega Gentry swims at the Glendale YMCA as part of her therapy for severe rheumatoid arthritis. Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.