What Is Westernized Medicine?
(Wes-Tern Meh-Dih-Sin) a System in Which Medical Doctors and Other Healthcare Professionals (Such as Nurses, Pharmacists, and Therapists) Treat Symptoms and...
(WES-tern MEH-dih-sin) A system in which medical doctors and other healthcare professionals (such as nurses, pharmacists, and therapists) treat symptoms and diseases using drugs, radiation, or surgery. Also called allopathic medicine, biomedicine, conventional medicine, mainstream medicine, and orthodox medicine.
What are the benefits of Western medicine?
- Diagnose the disease.
- Stop disease progression.
- Relieve the symptoms associated with the disease,
- Prevent the spread of the disease.
- Cure the disease (if a cure is available)
- Improve quality of life.
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What is modern Western medicine?
Modern Western medicine, a.k.a. allopathic, conventional, mainstream, or bio-medicine, uses a research- and organ systems-based approach to diagnose and treat various specific medical conditions, often using pharmaceutical drugs, radiation, and surgery.
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