Medicine

ETHICAL DILEMMA IN MEDICINE BY: Parminder Mann, RN, BSN, CCRN. Rowan University In the medical field, the interdisciplinary team members come across a dilemma once in a while in their career. Some Nurse's and Doctors' come across this dilemma more often than others. Working in critical care as an Registered Nurse, the author came across the ethical issue of end of life care in many scenarios. The extent of the problem was that the patient…

methods. Reproductive medicine addresses issues of sexual education, puberty, family planning, birth control, infertility, reproductive system disease (including sexually transmitted diseases) and sexual dysfunction. In women, reproductive medicine also covers menstruation, ovulation, pregnancy and menopause, as well as gynecologic disorders that affect fertility. The field cooperates with and overlaps to some degree with gynecology, obstetrics, urology, genitourinary medicine, medical…

Holistic or Natural Medicine Holistic medicine is defined as the form of healing, which considers the whole person -- body, mind, spirit, and emotions -- in the quest for optimal health and wellness. ("Holistic Medicine: What It Is, Treatments, Philosophy, and More n.p.). Holistic medicine has been around for many years and is still being used today. (INSERT HISTORY OF HOLISTIC MEDICINE) Many people may consider holistic or alternative medicine over western medicine because of the side effects…

The Ancient Egyptians were quite advanced in their diagnoses and treatments of various illnesses. Their advancements in ancient medical techniques were quite extraordinary, considering the lack of “modern” facilities, sterilization, sanitation, and researching capabilities. The remedies used by Ancient Egyptian physicians came mostly from nature, and many are still considered viable homeopathic treatments for certain ailments today. While many ailments would have been difficult or impossible to…

Chinese Medicine Medieval Chinese medicine influenced modern day medicine, as well as advancing their own knowledge y inventing and discovering. Firstly, Chinese medicine was a system created 3,000 years ago. Through medieval Chinese medicine fatigue and food/herbal causes, atmospheric forces, acupuncture, t’ai chi, and discoveries for disease prevention were all formed. These elements helped shape the medicine used today and helped medieval Chinese medicine tremendously. Chinese medicine was…

Western medicine is leading health care system in the United States. However, there has been a growing interest for the use of complementary and alternative medicine together with traditional treatment (Ignatavicius, 2013). Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is not officially part of today’s U.S. traditional biomedical health system. There is emergent scientific research that supports some CAM therapies are as effective as conventional therapies. Integrative medicine combines therapies…

Naturopathic medicine is a health care profession that emphasizes on the self healing process, prevention and achievement of optimum health using natural therapeutic methods. Emergence of naturopathic medicine has led to safe and natural therapies that play an important role in our current health care systems. An integrative partnership between old philosophies of nature being the best healer and modern medical health systems has made available effective therapies to patients. Many patients…

Medicine in Africa Long before the introduction of cosmopolitan medicine, diseases existed and ancient people had their ways of dealing with them. Traditional medicine, dominated the ancient world with different societies embracing different methods of eliminating or reducing the impacts of the prevailing diseases. According to WHO, Traditional medicine refers to the entire knowledge and skills as well as practices that ancient people applied to curb the negative impacts associated with…

Plants use as food and in traditional medicine are more likely to yield pharmacologically active compounds. The medicinal properties of plants have been investigated in the recent scientific developments throughout the world, due to their potent therapeutic efficacy and antioxidant activities, no side effects and economic viability. Medicinal plants are serving as raw material for drugs which are effective and reasonable health care for people. However, all plants synthesize phytochemicals,…

Nigeria (The World Factbook - Population), folk medicine remains a crucial role of everyday life. Medicine is vital for maintaining good health, and for the Igbo, the Dibia holds a prominent position. A Dibia, also known as “diviner or “doctor magician”, cures and treats illnesses with assistance of folk medicine or rituals . As depicted in Igbo beliefs, a Dibia must be possessed with the spirit “Iru Awgu”, the “Awgu” is in correlation with the medicine spirit “Ogwu”(Okonkwo). If one is in poor…