Dr. Dossey is speaking on behalf of the Colorado Functional Medicine
Forum on Thursday, July 9. There is a $40 fee. To register:
Cagsports@.... Website:
http://www.functionalmedicineforum.org/events/090709.html


Mind and Medicine

Tonight Only:
Special Time and Location

July 9, 2009
7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Live Music

Renaissance Boulder Suites Hotel at FlatIron
500 Flatiron Boulevard
Broomfield Colorado 80021
303-464-8400
www.renaissanceflatiron.com <http://www.renaissanceflatiron.com/>

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Larry Dossey, MD


July 9, 2009

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Throughout the modern era, consciousness has generally not been viewed
as a major factor in healing, and has taken a back seat to
pharmaceuticals and surgery in clinical practice.

During the past three decades, an abundance of evidence has accumulated
suggesting that consciousness can have a significant, life-and-death
influence in health and longevity.

This realization is making a difference in how medicine is taught and
practiced in the United States. Currently, around 90 of the nation’s 125
medical schools have formal course material exploring the correlations
between spiritual practices, health, and longevity. This development
comes as a surprise to many, who have presumed that there is no such
evidence, and that medical science and spirituality do not mix.

Of particular interest — and controversy — are several lines of evidence
for a nonlocal, distant, non-sensory-mediated function of consciousness
that manifests in ways that are health-relevant.

Historically, illness and health have been viewed as “physical” issues:
disease is due to malfunctioning atoms, molecules, cells, and tissues;
health is due to their proper functioning. The mind and the body are
seen as fundamentally separate. Dr. Dossey explores the flaw in this
logic, presenting scientific evidence to show that not even common
diseases can be understood without taking into account the
manifestations of a patient’s mental state, emotions, thoughts,
attitudes, and perceived meanings.

Consciousness does, in fact, occupy a significant place in the origins
of health and illness. This model coheres with good science and
substantiates humankind’s persistent conviction that there is “something
more” than the physical.

Dr. Larry Dossey, author and former internist, will discuss these
challenging developments and what they portend for the future of healing.


Learning Objectives

1. Define spirituality
2. Describe the general correlations between spirituality, health,
and longevity
3. Describe one clinical study suggesting a therapeutic effect of
intercessory prayer
4. Describe one clinically relevant report suggesting the nonlocal
operation of consciousness

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About the Presenter

This tall and distinguished Texas physician, deeply rooted in the
scientific world, has become an internationally influential advocate of
the role of the mind in health and the role of spirituality in
healthcare. Bringing the experience of a practicing internist and the
soul of a poet to the discourse, Dr. Larry Dossey offers panoramic
insight into the nature and the future of medicine.

Dr. Dossey graduated with high honors from the University of Texas at
Austin, obtaining a degree in pharmacy. In 1967 he obtained his M.D.
degree from Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. Before completing his
residency in internal medicine, he served as a battalion surgeon in
Vietnam, where he was decorated for valor. Dr. Dossey helped establish
the Dallas Diagnostic Association, the largest group of internal
medicine practitioners in that city, and was the Chief of Staff of
Medical City Dallas Hospital in 1982.

The author of ten books and numerous articles, Dr. Dossey is executive
editor of the peer-reviewed journal /Explore: The Journal of Science and
Healing/. The primary quality of all of Dr. Dossey’s work is scientific
legitimacy, with an insistent focus on “what the data show.” As a
result, his colleagues in medical schools and hospitals all over the
country trust him, honor his message, and continually invite him to
share his insights with them. He has lectured all over the world,
including major medical schools and hospitals in the United States —
Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, the universities of Pennsylvania,
California, Washington, Texas, Florida, Arkansas, and Minnesota, and the
Mayo Clinic.

His books include /The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Thing/;
/Healing Beyond the Body/; /Reinventing Medicine/; /Be Careful What You
Pray For, Prayer Is Good Medicine/; /Healing Words/; /Meaning &
Medicine/; /Recovering the Soul, Beyond Illness/; and /Space, Time &
Medicine/.

To inquire about registering for this or any event, please contact us
<http://www.functionalmedicineforum.org/contact/index.html>.


This will be the last meeting for 2009