HLTA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Biomedicine, Alternative Medicine, Biomedical Model
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The major difference between biomedicine and the old type of medicine lies in the way biomedicine understands the world and generates medical knowledge. Philosophical theory about the relationship between the mind and the body. Mind and body are two separate entities. An approach to studying a phenomenon by breaking it into smaller parts. General approach to understanding the origins and causes of diseases the origins of the cause. Attempts to classify various diseases into different groups or subgroups focuses on the disease defines our journey through the health care system and determines what interventions will be used to address the issue. Machine metaphor the body can be viewed as a machine. All parts are essential for the operation of the whole, yet each part performs its own unique function. Diseases can be managed via close control of one"s body and through the use of specific regiments. E. g. proper nutrition, exercise, abstinence from drugs, and moderate alcohol consumption.
