HSS 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2.1: Emergency Management, Alternative Medicine, Major Trauma
27 Sep 2016
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Chapter 2 conventional, complementary, ad integrative medicine. Conventional medicine: a system of medicine in which health care practitioners such as doctors and nurses treat illnesses with medications. Biomedical medicine: biological agents (such as genetic defects, microorganisms, and chemical toxins) cause a physical illness. Western medicine: suggests it is only available in the western hemisphere (no longer relevant) Allopathic medicine: treatments oppose the process caused by the disease. Emphasis on biological diseases over psychological contributors. Insufficient attention to health promotion and disease prevention. Physicians: top of the hierarchy, primary care practitioners, specialists. Physician assistants: similar to np but work under supervision of a doctor. Optometrists: examine the eyes to detect vision problems and diseases and prescribe lenses. Ophthalmologists: specialize in the eye and treat eye diseases medically and surgically. Podiatrists: doctoral-level training to treat food conditions. Physical therapists: treat physical limitations and pain. Occupational therapists: help with recovery to perform everyday activities.
