Question

1. Discuss the application of Galen’s “experiential philosophic approach” to your own clinical healthcare practice.

2. Describe how you might achieve a greater certainty of knowledge within your discipline and discuss how you might apply such certainty to your interactions with patients.

Answer 1

Galen's experimental philosophy in health care:

1. Galen's explains the illnesses are caused by imbalances with four humor... Like blood, phlegm, blood bile, yellow bile.

2.he recommend specific diets for cleaning of purified juices

3.often he used purging and blood letting..

4. Galen's ides are highly helpful in development of natural history of diseases..

5.Galen's explained about influence of supernatural beliefs on development of diseases..

INTERACTION WITH PATIENT:

1. Main knowledge in galen's theory is supernatural beliefs that contributes to cause and cure for diseases..

2. During interactions with the patients carefully observe for positive factors and negative factors influences the health..

3. During interactions we have to encourage the positive beliefs..

4. Demotivate the negative beliefs of the patients..

Galen theory applications are highly helpful in interactions with the patients...