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Will modern medicine change or self-destruct?
Rickhi, Badri G.
Afiliação
  • Rickhi, Badri G; Research Center for Alternative Medicine. Department of Epidemiology and Research in Mental Health, Calgary, Canada
West Indian med. j ; 47(Suppl. 3): 33, July 1998.
Artigo em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-1709
Biblioteca responsável: JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; R18.W4
ABSTRACT
Epidemiological studies show a growing dissatisfaction with conventional Western Medicine and its handling of chronic debilitating illnesses. The argument is that conventional medicine, which is excellent for treating acute illness, has extraplated that paradigm to deal with chronic illnesses, resulting in the introduction of more powerful medications, increased side effects and reduced success. In realizing this, many medical schools have accepted and incorporated changes in the medical curriculum. Despite this, there is great resistance, particularly in North America, to accept other paradigms that show validity. This refusal to adapt and be flexible affords the opportunity for the creation of other health providers to supply a demand previously dominated by physicians. This is causing a more constricted medical practice in these countries. Based on medical physiology, there is a scientific way to measure health. This evaluation compares the patient's current biological terrain or physiological state to an ideal one. As a result, patients can be monitored as their terrain begins to "drift away" from a ideal healthy state and interventions can be made and evaluated before symptomatology appears. Further data are confirming that specific chronic illnesses exist in particular physiological milieus or "biological terrains". Changing the terrains to what is the ideal state produces remissions which are cost effective, less invasive and accomplishes this with fewer side effects. The author will present these concepts and data to show improvement in chronic illnesses treated at the Research Center for Alternative Medicine.(AU)
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Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Terapias Complementares / Doença Crônica Idioma: Inglês Revista: West Indian med. j Ano de publicação: 1998 Tipo de documento: Artigo
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Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Terapias Complementares / Doença Crônica Idioma: Inglês Revista: West Indian med. j Ano de publicação: 1998 Tipo de documento: Artigo
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