A lawyer's perspective
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Re: A lawyer's perspective
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amybo82 wrote: ↑22 Jan 2019, 06:51 Anyone can write a book on any topic. One of the first things I do when reading a book, especially nonfiction, is find out about the author. What are their qualifications? What are their biases? I’m this instance, we have an author who studied law, not medicine. She has a bias against the government, who tried to discredit her father. She has a bias against traditional medicine, again because of what happened to her father. When I read the book with these things in mind, it gives me a different outlook. It’s important to try to get a full picture, and I think this could be considered one part of the puzzle, but I certainly don’t think it’s the authority on every case of cancer and the associated “cures.”
I too find this compelling. I don't think that having a scientist father makes you credible as a scientist, and I am sure there are some who would find her father's science to be poorly done or to have flaws that are not necessarily obvious to a non-scientist reader (or to the non-scientist daughter who loves her father). It may be that elements of her father's research that we as readers are unaware of contributed to the government crackdown against his research for more valid reasons than are painted here.
That's not to disagree that there aren't shady aspects to big pharma, imperfect issues with government regulation and health, or that legal perspectives aren't useful in understanding the health industry. But I'm not 100% persuaded by this author's credentials nor do I think its necessarily her place to be prescribing healthcare protocols...
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I wouldn't say naive. You make a good point! The war on cancer is also an interdisciplinary issue and will need interdisciplinary solutions.
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Reading about natural cures from the perspective of a lawyer enhanced the story. And Sylvie did the right thing to go legal about it. That gives her work credibility. No one doing something illegal won't dare confront the powers that be. It really enhance the story behind the Beljanski Foundation and Mr. Beljanski's work. And we really need a legal perspective when we are looking at the history of natural cures for cancer because people are desperate, anybody could bring up some concoctions and introduce them to the people. The legal perspective educates the people on which cures to trust.Alicia09 wrote: ↑08 Jan 2019, 18:56 Sylvie Beljanski sued the French government for arresting her father, shortly after his lab was seized and he was arrested. Sylvie also worked to patent the name of the Beljanski Foundation. Sylvie also wrote about how pharmaceutical companies are threatened by natural extracts, because they cannot be legally patented like a synthetic drug. It was clear that Sylvie brought a legal perspective into the conversation of natural cures for cancer. What was your opinion reading about natural cures for cancer through the voice of a lawyer? Do you think that Sylvie's perspective as a lawyer helped enhance the story behind the Beljanski Foundation and Mr. Beljanski's work? Do we need a legal perspective when we are looking at the history of natural cures for cancer? Why or why not?
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I completely agree!Sweet Psamy wrote: ↑09 Jan 2019, 08:10 Yes we need a legal perspective when we're looking at the history of natural cures for cancer. It would give it a legal voice in the society.
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