HLTH 360 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Public Knowledge, Voodoo Death, Functional Medicine

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH 360
• Professor: Kelly Anthony

Document Summary

Common sense- the endowment of natural intelligence possessed by rational beings; ordinary, normal or average understanding; the plain wisdom which is everyone"s understanding. The medical clich s and way of seeing the world are taken as common sense because medical professionals do not only control access to many resources, but also have the power to construct public knowledge about health and illness. Medical model- based on scientific rationality emphasizing objective reality, precise measurement and elucidation of cause- effect laws, by means of hypothesis testing and experimentation. Abnormalities can be named based on this structure. Advantage- its foundation is accumulated knowledge of clinical facts and general laws concerning the cause, course, and treatment of disease. Allow communities to be compared and resources to be diverted where it"s most needed. Facts are the facts- idea that objective, publicly, verifiable biological facts are what matters in health and disease. Disadvantage is that it is impossible to pinpoint its onset.