Dr. Muramoto and myself have had to take a step back to care for personal
issues but we hope to be back to full speed next year.
We have completed work on a major article to be published in an American
Medical Journal later this year.
I am nearly done with another article on the blood issue for a different
American Medical Journal and Sam and I have plans to do a third in the near
future.
I was intrigued by a newsreport today concerning a new law passed
in Connecticut that makes it illegal for principals, teachers, counselors and other
school officials to recommend to parents that their children take psychiatric
medication for behavioral or learning disorders. The law effectively prohibits
school personnel from practicing medicine without a license. The law is the
first of its kind in the U.S.
The author of the article, John Rosemond, has a master's degree in psychology
and writes a column on parenting. In the article he made this fascinating comment:
"A good number of pediatricians across the country have reported to me that school personnel
not only often recommend medicating children, but also are not averse to arguing with any physician
who disagrees."
I could not help but be reminded of how the Watchtower Society effectively practices medicine
by telling Jehovah's Witnesses which type of blood products they may accept and forbidding
them from accepting others. Additionally, it is not a long stretch to see the similarity between
teachers arguing with physicians and elders arguing with physicians.
Ultimately, this is probably where the impetus to get the Watchtower Society out of the
doctor/patient relationship will come from. It needs to be illegal.
Food for thought.
Warmest regards,
Lee