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The Big Picture
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: Received: 13 May 2022 / Approved: 16 May 2022 / Online: 16 May 2022 (14:06:25 CEST)
How to cite: Alderman, B. The Big Picture. Preprints 2022, 2022050213. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202205.0213.v1 Alderman, B. The Big Picture. Preprints 2022, 2022050213. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202205.0213.v1
Abstract
Clinicians are key in reclaiming the medical arts ceded to clinically irrelevant technology and thereby aligning patient with fast-changing biological realities. Narrowing the chasm between virtual and real perceptions of health hazards requires: 1) becoming acutely aware of the habitat loss aggravating the pervasive dissemination of chemicals via conventional food, air, and consumer products and the proliferation of non-ionizing radiation; and 2) making strategic use of slow, system 2 thinking so as to respond wisely to the rampant epidemics of chronic low-dose toxicity disregarded or misdiagnosed for half a century. To respond adaptively, take a moment during each patient encounter to add chronic ambient poisoning to the differential diagnosis and investigate subtle symptoms and signs of irritation in vulnerable organ systems. Enacting adaptive response across our profession could ease the suffering of millions, help avert the sixth extinction, and contribute to continuation of evolved life as we know it.
Keywords
Toxicity; Diagnosis; Personal care; Patient encounter; Patient-based medicine
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Clinical Medicine
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