We Love to be Competent, be in Control, have Agency ...

     Most of us are "control-freaks", yet much of the time, we know we're "winging it" - "flying by the sear of our pants". Most of what we do is NOT evidence-based. Heck the vast majority of the agents to which we routinely expose our patients (our families & ourselves) has never even been tested for biocompatibility! With thousands of new chemicals coming on the market monthly, proper biocompatibility testing cannot be done! Does anyone think we should perhaps slow things down a tad?
     Clearly some quality control is essential, and at the same time, we need to realize that we have at best limited control, and with this combination, perhaps help re-orient humanity towards a saner course. The serenity prayer comes to mind: http://healthyhealers.blogspot.ca/2013/07/psychological-health-sense-of-control.html

Rudy Pohl   http://www.flickr.com/photos/rudypohl/sets/