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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Members of the Texas Osteopathic Medical |
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Association are visiting the State Capitol on April 20, 2017, for |
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Doctors of Osteopathic Medical Excellence (DOME) Day, and this |
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occasion offers a welcome opportunity to recognize the important |
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contributions that osteopathic physicians make to the health care |
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system in the Lone Star State; and |
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WHEREAS, Trained to consider the health of the whole person, |
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DOs are fully licensed to prescribe medicine and to practice in all |
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medical specialties, including surgery; they pay particular |
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attention to how nerves, muscles, bones, and organs work together |
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to influence health, and through osteopathic manipulative |
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treatment, DOs use their hands to diagnose injury and illness and |
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stimulate the body's natural ability to heal itself; and |
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WHEREAS, Representing osteopathic physicians across the |
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state, the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association was founded in |
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1900 by a group of five physicians; the organization is dedicated to |
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advancing the philosophy and principles of osteopathic medicine and |
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serving the needs of doctors within the field; and |
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WHEREAS, Practitioners of osteopathic medicine play an |
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essential role in maintaining the health and well-being of |
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countless Texans, and these skilled professionals may indeed |
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reflect with pride on the exceptional care they provide to their |
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patients; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize April 20, 2017, as Doctors of |
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Osteopathic Medical Excellence Day at the State Capitol; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That April 16-22, 2017, be recognized as Texas |
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Osteopathic Medicine Week. |