Today the two appear to be coming together; indeed, the book A Great Revolution is itself an indication of this. The point made by Haruyama most worth grasping is that in terms of treatment, doctors may use three tools: medicine, surgery, and "conversation." But, "contemporary medicine only relies on medicine and surgery. In fact, conversation can also be used to treat illness.
最可取的是，作者提到在診療方面，醫生擁有開藥、手術刀和話語三種工具，而「目前的醫療卻只依賴開藥和手術刀，其實，也可以憑藉話語來進行治療，所謂話語的治療，是指引出患者本身的自然治癒力而言。」