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the biomedical model was responsible for causing more harm than benefits. He argued that physicians caused illnesses to patients instead of cure. The example he gave was the adverse reactions resulting from drugs given to the patient for the cure of a diagnosed disease. He also laid the blame on the pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers for coming up with products that were iatrogenic to the society. In a similar work in the year 1990

Illich considers the biomedical model as having robbed the society a few aspects such tolerance to pain and other social conditions and...

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the causative agent of the disease must be sought and found. Its characteristics such as the drugs that can treat the survival adaptation and host characteristics that make him or her vulnerable to the condition are important for an easy target during the process of disease eradication. It is through research along the doctrine of specific etiology that some of the diseases that their causes were previously unknown have been currently identified as well as their possible treatment and cure. Known examples are cancers and other diseases with a genetic predisposition. The sociological model does not factor in specific etiology

but views disease in a generalized manner

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technology remains a relevant component in the management of patients from their diagnosis to the treatment of the disease. The biomedical model has been in the front bar in the utilization of this in making it more effective. These range from simple diagnostic equipments for common conditions to advanced diagnostic equipments that can pick even small defects that are a trouble to the patient. Curative Surgeries too have undergone significant positive change whereby surgeries that were previously considered complicated are performed with much ease and successfully. The use of new technology has also increased the efficiency and accuracy of investigations and their management

thus promoting a better outcome of care. The sociological model does not take into account the changes in technology and advances sinc...

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the experienced and the present on the management of various conditions presenting in an individual. Some require further specialization to enable the acquisition of some finer details and know how about the disease for easy handling and management of the complicated cases. The sociological approach may not require specializations since management of the conditions perceived by the individual or community as illness depends on the norms

beliefs and behaviors acceptable within that society.

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