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The DOs: Osteopathic Medicine in America Professor Norman Gevitz
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D.O.s and M.D.s both practice in fully accredited and licensed health care facilities. Currently, there are more than 78,000 DOs and 19,000 osteopathic medical students in the United States. D.O.s practice osteopathic medicine which is centered around a more holistic view of medicine in which the focus is on seeing the patient as a “whole person” to reach a diagnosis, rather than treating the symptoms alone. Today American schools of osteopathy teach everything that medical schools teach plus manipulation. Together, D.O.s and M.D.s enhance the state of health care available in America. A single 24 hour course provides a certificate. The belief is that all parts of the body work together and There are approximately 800,000 practicing physicians in the United States today; roughly 50,000 of whom are D.O.s, while M.D.s make up the remaining 750,000. "This book is a fine introduction to the early history of osteopathy, and it must be the starting point for persons seeking to understand the changing relationship between orthodox medicine and osteopathy. Overcoming suspicion, ridicule, and outright opposition from the American Medical Association, the osteopathic medical profession today serves the health needs of more than thirty million Americans. €�The DO's: Osteopathic Medicine in America”. In the United States, only actively licensed physicians are permitted to diagnose and treat using Cranial Osteopathy.Cranio-Sacral Therapy™ requires little to no medical background. Look up the author “Norman Gevitz”.