Tuesday, May 16, 2006

 

Traditional allopathic medicine

Traditional allopathic medicine has defined health as merely the absence of disease. This foundational definition has limited allopathy to limit its goals as the eradication of pathogens or the attainment of certain lab values. Present evidence has accumulated to show that the health state involves more than the lack of detectable pathogens in the body or attainment of certain lab value ranges. In the face of this information, the basic position of traditional allopathic medicine concerning the achievement of health has not changed. Medical schools and managed care organizations, with their emphasis on a diagnosis and rationed care, promulgate this traditional orientation by teaching that diagnosis and treatment of the named “disease” is the major pathway to health.

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