My good friend Dr. Milano reminded me that she has this saying hanging in her office:
“It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.” – Hippocrates
She maintains awareness of this perspective in her practice at all times, and I think it is one of the many reasons that she is a great healer.
We have talked about this before on this site, with a dedicated page for Mind Over Matter, and I wanted to make this post to highlight the importance of that issue. This is not some mystical idea which that page title might imply, but rather a very practical approach that reminds us that the ‘patient’ is the most important part of the equation.
