Doctors and Modern Healthcare

Doctors are trained to mitigate ailments according to how they are taught. Medical schools primarily focus on teaching the how-to of addressing symptoms; this method of approach gives ‘quick relief’ from symptoms. Many medical schools receive funding from pharmaceutical corporations. This opens the door to one-sided approaches to healthcare-treatments. The majority of people buy into this approach as long as they are able to ‘feel good’. This approach may provide long term in many cases. However, this entails falling into a cycle of repeated visits and constant pharmaceutical use. The process becomes a normalized routine from which many seek no reprieve.

Results discussion between a doctor and patient

People trust doctors to ‘make them feel well’. Doctors, per se, are regarded very highly within many societies. Their education and training provides them with ‘specific’ knowledge of human body functioning. People who obtain relief from conventional medical treatment give their allegiance over to the established medical profession. Medical training is very Yet, some doctors know that they could be doing more to treat their patients.

Many doctors are attentive to treating the symptoms. Known as allopathic medicine, the role of the practitioner (Doctor, MD) should be that of a physician-scientist. The scientific application of drugs, surgery, radiation and other medical modalities serve as treatment therapies for disease(s) and concomitant symptoms. Physicians are responsible for: Diagnosing patient symptoms, prescribing medications and treatments, supervising patient care, and educating patients on preventative measures. A majority of the treatment effort is focused on addressing the symptoms.

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Some doctors opt out of the symptom-treating dynamic. The Allopathic to medicine provides inherent contextual strengths that are effective . There are certainly health situations that mandate surgical intervention. Surgery, as a treatment, is an option for many cases. Alternative modalities can be utilized that employ a holistic approach. There are physicians who will support a patients decision to address the issue holistically, or recommend that approach. Some physicians (MD’s) themselves opt to practice in a holistic manner. I personally worked as a fitness professional in the early 2000’s. One of the trainers that I knew was a certified MD. They had chosen to disburse their knowledge in a holistic manner.

Doctors (Physicians) learn to treat symptoms according a system that uses drugs, radiation, or surgery; this is known as the allopathic medicine model. People typically trust that doctors will competently address and alleviate their symptoms. Doctors do not, for the most part, address the underlying causes that give rise to the symptoms treated. This scenario has led to some doctors opting to leave this type of symptom treatment model (in lieu of pursuing more holistic venues). By encompassing all healthcare modalities under one umbrella, a more overall, effective treatment regimen could be instituted.

Physician on break

Doctors follow a given script for providing treatment to patients. The plan typically is formed to address the outward symptoms that a patient describes or displays. There are some doctors who chose a more natural path, having become disillusioned with the current state of healthcare. The root cause of ill health is often overlooked when treating the symptoms becomes the main focus. This dynamic exists because the majority of people trust their doctor. Yet, doctors are only as good as the patients who push them. By asking questions and taking responsibility for one’s own health, the doctor will be inducted into the cause of keeping you, the patient, well.

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