M1 Unit 7
M1: assess the biomedical and socio-medical models of health:
Biomedical: The biomedical model of medicine has been around since the mid-nineteenth century as the predominant model used by physicians in diagnosing diseases. It has four core elements.
According to the biomedical model, health constitutes the freedom from disease, pain, or defect, therefore making the normal human condition "healthy". The model 's focus on the physical processes, such as the pathology, the biochemistry and the physiology of a disease, does not take into account the role of social factors or individual subjectivity. Unlike the bio-psychosocial model, the biomedical model does not consider diagnosis (that will affect treatment of the patient) to be the result of a negotiation between doctor and patient.
The biomedical model of health focuses on purely biological factors, and excludes psychological, environmental, and social influences. It is considered to be the leading modern way for health care professionals to diagnose and treat a condition in most Western countries
Strengths:
It is objective and based upon rigorous scientific testing, therefore people are more likely to trust it
It’s based ‘sound’ clinical judgement
It is controlled by highly skilled doctors and physicians
Medicine can help to increase life-expectancy and contribute to general good health and wellbeing
Provide hospitals where patients can receive intensive care and support
It continues to find new treatments to tackle complex medical illnesses
It can provide a very fast and effective way of diagnosis and treating disease and illnesses
It helps to promote confidence and trust in the medical profession
Weaknesses:
It discredits all other forms of medical practices and interventions
Doctors act as ‘gate keepers’ defining what is health and ill-health
It ignores the environmental causes of ill-health
Most Western medicine only offers ‘temporary relief’ rather than long term cure for the illness
There is a
Biomedical: The biomedical model of medicine has been around since the mid-nineteenth century as the predominant model used by physicians in diagnosing diseases. It has four core elements.
According to the biomedical model, health constitutes the freedom from disease, pain, or defect, therefore making the normal human condition "healthy". The model 's focus on the physical processes, such as the pathology, the biochemistry and the physiology of a disease, does not take into account the role of social factors or individual subjectivity. Unlike the bio-psychosocial model, the biomedical model does not consider diagnosis (that will affect treatment of the patient) to be the result of a negotiation between doctor and patient.
The biomedical model of health focuses on purely biological factors, and excludes psychological, environmental, and social influences. It is considered to be the leading modern way for health care professionals to diagnose and treat a condition in most Western countries
Strengths:
It is objective and based upon rigorous scientific testing, therefore people are more likely to trust it
It’s based ‘sound’ clinical judgement
It is controlled by highly skilled doctors and physicians
Medicine can help to increase life-expectancy and contribute to general good health and wellbeing
Provide hospitals where patients can receive intensive care and support
It continues to find new treatments to tackle complex medical illnesses
It can provide a very fast and effective way of diagnosis and treating disease and illnesses
It helps to promote confidence and trust in the medical profession
Weaknesses:
It discredits all other forms of medical practices and interventions
Doctors act as ‘gate keepers’ defining what is health and ill-health
It ignores the environmental causes of ill-health
Most Western medicine only offers ‘temporary relief’ rather than long term cure for the illness
There is a
References: http://www.ewg.org/guides/cleaners/content/cleaners_and _health http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/sick_building_syndrome http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/lungcancer/pages/asbestoandlungcancer.aspx