He Nails A Problem With Many Traditional Oncologists at 2:28 of This Video!

Dr. Michael D. Farley: I had a few meetings with the head of oncology at a hospital in Melbourne, Florida. And he was this big, burly guy with a beard. And he was very curious because I was having a great deal of success. He came over to my office the first time. And I said, "Well, are you addressing nutrition?" And he looked at me and said, "Nutrition has nothing to do . . ."

Interviewer: He took a bite of a Big Mac and said, "Nutrition has nothing to do with it."

Dr. Michael D. Farley: . . . with cancer. Nutrition has nothing to do with cancer." And I said, "Well, let me show you a few articles and have you go over them. These are research articles published by oncological journals."

Interviewer: Mm-hmm.

Michael D. Farley: "Read them." And I gave him about six articles to read . . . studies to read. And he called me up about two weeks later . . . wanted to get together again. So he came over to my office. I would never go over to his office. It was in a hospital. And came over to my office and said, "Just wanted to talk to you again about this patient . . . doing very, very well, but I don't understand why. But they say they're coming to you now, and they're not coming to me anymore. And I would like to know why." I said, "Did you read any of the articles that I gave you?" He said, "No." I said, "Do you want to learn?" He said, "I went to medical school to learn." And he was in his fifties. And I said, "Do you really believe that you learned anything in medical school?" He said, "Well, I learned how to treat cancer." I said, "Then why are your patients dying?"  "Well, that's cancer." Now this is the head of cancer for a major hospital . . . 

Interviewer:  Mm-hmm.

Michael D. Farley: . . . that had an IQ that, maybe, if you were a mullet fisherman . . . I mean, this type of ignorance, to me, is unfathomable.

Interviewer: Did he ever read them?

Michael D. Farley: Never read them. 

Interviewer: Mmm

Michael D. Farley: Never had the curiosity to read them. Never cared enough about his patients. And this is what's so aggravating, and why I used the word sociopath before. If you don't care enough about your patients to learn, what the hell are you doing practicing medicine?

Interviewer: Mm-hmm. You're in the wrong business.

Michael D. Farley: You know, sell used cars, write articles, go on the Jon Stewart show and be a comedian, but don't put people's lives in your hands if you're not willing to learn. And that is my big bugaboo.

Interviewer: Mm-hmm.

Michael D. Farley: Physicians that aren't willing to continue their education, that really think they learned something in medical school, because I guarantee you ten years out of medical school you'd know you did not learn much at all.  

Interviewer: If you're a good doctor.

Michael D. Farley: If you're a good doctor.

Interviewer: You realize that.

Michael D. Farley: Right.