DVM 2110 Chapter Notes -Ivan Illich, Diabetes Mellitus Type 1, Modern Healthcare
20 Mar 2014
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Increased medicalization could also allow an increased number of people to feel that something was wrong. Mental illness as things that society deems deviant. If god talks to you, you have schizophrenia. Became clear that humans and microorganisms were in an endless struggle. Bacteria that mutated to resist antibiotics became stronger and survived: emergence of resistances in cases such as tb, which cased physicians to employ multiple therapy regimes. Cancer therapies: discovery of x-rays electromagnetic radiation was being used to treat cancers, though limited to tumours that were radiosensitive such as lymphomas, by the 1940s, use of chemotherapeutic agents, transforming cancer management for cancers such as testicular cancer. 1980s advances in learning cell biology and such extended the pharmacologic range of weapons: development of screening programs. The influence of evidence on medical practice: results of multiple studies has led to an increased body of knowledge on the effectiveness of healthcare, has also delineated areas were more research is required.
