Question

In 1,000 words please answer these questions What is the difference between illness and disease? In addition, what is the difference between westernized vs non westernized medicine? What are your views on these two types of medicine? Which do you prefer? Do you tend to depend on westernized medicine or does your culture use alternative medicine? Should we consider non westernized medicine when discussing treatment with our patients?

Answer 1

Illness is defined as it is a personal state in which the person feels unhealthy. Illness is a state in which a persons physical, emotional ,intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired compared with previous experience. Ilness is not synonyms with disease.

* The stage of ilness are symptoms experience.

- symptoms experience : experience some symptoms, person beliefs something is wrong in 3 aspects such as physical, cognitive and emotional

- assupi of sick role : acceptance of illness

- medical care contact : seeks advice to professionals, explanation of symptoms

- dependent patient role

- recovery or rehabilitation

Disease is defined as an alteration body function resulting in reduction of capacities or a shortening of the normal life span. Common causes of disease are biological agent, inherited genitic defect, developmental defect, physical agents, chemical agents, tissue responce to irritation, faulty metabolic process and emotional or physical reaction to stress.

Westernized medicine, a system in which medical doctors and other health care professional treat symptoms and disease by using drugs and radiation.

Non westernized medicine is a alternative medical system, by using meditation, hyponsis, relaxation therapy, support groups , councelling and music therapy.

I prefer westernized medicine because it helps to get relief from the symptoms Faster than other medicines. Alternative or non westernized medicine is always take time to get relief. It depends upon the individual. Westernized medicine providing fater releif but the combination of westernized and alternative medicine is also effective.