Health Briefs has found a schism in the healthcare
field. There is a debate that reaches to
the deepest depths of the medical profession.
Is medicine an art or a science.
Practitioners line both sides of the argument, and some acknowledge
that, at best, it's an inexact science.
It's a matter of doctors preferring either a holistic approach,
tempering each treatment to the individual patient, or the hard science concept
where a book or database will tell the doctor exactly which medications to
prescribe for which illness. It comes
down to the fundamental question: do you
treat the patient or the disease?
Health Briefs looks at the uneasy alliance between the healing arts and medical science.
The Health Briefs TV show cites a series of articles by
Dr. Robert Pearl, called "Medical Myths". The internet has made virtually all medical
reference material, studies and histories available to any doctor, whether a
renowned physician at a major medical facility in an urban population center,
or a practicing country doctor in a small, isolated community. So it's not access to information that
determines a doctor's chosen approach.
Either one has its own validity, but the ideal is a blend of the humanist
approach involving modern medical solutions.
Go ahead and prescribe the newest wonder drug, but first be sure the
patient isn't allergic to it.
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