Year: 1981
Type: article
Abstract: I. INTRODVCTlONMedicine is both an art and a science .It encompasses prophylaxis or prevention.diagnosis.and finally treatment (both curative and palliative).Preventive medicine is especially impOl1ant and has been neglected as a major factor in health care.In fact, it is well docllmented but lillie known that must of the health gains (expressed as life expectancy.morbidity.and mortality) auributed to modern medicine are principally due to advancements in diet and sanitation.rather than to the more complex tcchnologics •\~.b.9,I(I.".Preventive medicine as a natural measure of therapeutic stresses the involvement of the individual in his own health care.This is accomplished by educating the patient as to proper nutrit ion, hygiene and physical activities 5 , 1O. l$ .Equally important are the psychologic and spiritual factors as these can greatly influence the discase lR .Curative medicine is as important as the preventive One .In the process of healing.natural approache~ have been used.The natural art of therapeutics is not a new approach in thefield of medicine.rat her it is as old as people have been the inhabitants of this planet.Man
DOI: 10.5915/13-2-11933
Authors: Zeyd Ahmad Ali, Sadiq H Hussain, Ahmad H Sakr
Institution: Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2018698238