Learning, Coping, Living

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Giving people hope in order to enjoy a healthier, longer, and fuller life has been Dr. Yoshitaka Ohno's mission since he left his medical practice in Japan over 20 years ago. He knew he could not practice the kind of medicine that was causing so much suffering to his patients. Japan's medical system had become much like other western systems. It involves mostly drugs and surgery. It supplies misery rather than hope. Dr. Ohno's journey away from conventional medicine led him to what his mother called "humanitarian medicine." It allowed him to bring together six generations of medicine from his father's family, and six generations of spiritual leadership from his mother's family. He felt very fortunate to be the product of what has led him to mind/body/spirit medicine. This new medicine is based on having a close relationship with nature. Unless we pay attention to our natural environment and respect it, there will be no life left for our future generations. We are already killing nature. Soon it will be too late. This book is the story of one doctor's struggle to live his vision of humanitarian medicine. It is a journey through the pain of modern medicine, and the arrival at a new way of offering hope to people who are suffering.