I was going to reply privately to Chris' post in response to my post
about Tom Hale's book, but since there have been ramifications, I will
post.  Perhaps I made a mistake in my writing (not unusual--I'm quite
lazy when I'm home), but the person who refused to take Tom Hale's book
seriously  is *not* a MD, but a lawyer.  I had mentioned in parens that
her brother is a MD.  The underlying implication, and I know from lurking
that many on this list have enountered this, is it appears that  many
parents, etc. refuse to believe sources if they aren't written by MD or
distributed by one.  This was my first experience with this, and given
that I was pointing out info. from a brand-new printed source, I was
rather taken aback.  Thus, the main point of my post  was to express
frustration, not to attack MDs.

Melissa Kirsch, J.D., LLLL