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End of the World as We Know It Raise Health, Healing & Law Opportunities

By Michael H. Cohen on December 13, 2012
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If it’s the end of the world as we know it, then what does the new world bring in terms of opportunities for health, healing, prosperity, and fulfillment – and how can the law support this new ushering in?

That may seem like an odd preoccupation, but it’s the subject of my book, Future Medicine: Ethical Dilemmas, Regulatory Challenges, and Therapeutic Pathways to Health Care and Healing in Human Transformation.

As early as 1995, I wrote:

The debate over health care reform has challenged pivotal assumptions about the way Americans care for themselves and their families. For example, the possibility of health care rationing has challenged the assumption that a patient receives all the care necessary to regain health. 1 Similarly, advances in medical technology have challenged the assumption that nature sets the bounds of birth 2 and death. 3 Many diseases lead to chronic or terminal hospitalization 4 and to a societal perception that technology alone cannot heal disease. 5


These challenges in foundational assumptions about health care have resulted in a paradigm shift–or at least a change in perspective or emphasis–from orthodox medicine 6 to more holistic approaches to healing. 7 The shift in part reflects a recognition that the patient, as a person, matters, that mind and emotions do affect health, and that orthodox medicine has limits, or at least can be complemented by alternative healing methods

Today we have integrative medicine, and the law around medicine and healing continues to evolve.

Yesterday was 12/12/12.  Numerology, I learned, that adds up to 9, which signifies both the completion of old patterns and the initiation of the new.  The bringing of the feminine nurturing, healing energy to the Earth and the end of warfare consciousness.

I was moved by a channeled message from Judy Sartori in which she proclaims the coming capital D Disclosure of contacts showing that we are not alone in the multiverse, that our species-centric perspective about to hit the Singularity.

Contrast that with these words from a healer – acupuncturist friend, not as optimistic but resonant in the way they capture the Old Earth patterns:

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Michael served as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Adjunct faculty at Harvard School of Public Health.  He is Author of 6 leading books on Health and Wellness Law. Recognized for his contribution to international health law and policy. Michael…

Michael served as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Adjunct faculty at Harvard School of Public Health.  He is Author of 6 leading books on Health and Wellness Law. Recognized for his contribution to international health law and policy. Michael is a thought leader in health care law, pioneering legal strategies and solutions for clients in traditional and emerging healthcare markets.

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