Functional System Vs Functional Medicine

Society has progressed both socially and technologically as has medicine. This includes our understanding of health and healing as evidenced by Dossey’s three eras of medicine. Era 1, beginning in the 1800’s, reflected the prevailing view that health and illness are totally physical in nature and therapies included surgical procedures and drugs. Era 2, starting in the 1950’s, related to the mind and body. Practitioners began to realize that emotions and feelings can impact health. Era 3, still developing today, began in the 1990’s and builds on the previous eras by adding the spirit and proposes that consciousness is not confined to one’s

This Essay will discuss a Care Plan for Mrs. Jones focusing on two care priorities, Pain assessment and management and Potential impact on ADL performance. This discussion will be constructed around the processes identified within the Levett-Jones Clinical reasoning cycle. In order to achieve this, relevant concepts of Miller’s functional consequences framework must be considered throughout the discussion. The main purpose of care is to develop goals & nursing interventions and strategies to help assist in improving Mrs. Jones quality of life. Person- centered care and dignity of the patient must be implemented within the care planning, taking into consideration Mrs. Jones cultural background.

The biomedical model goes well with the functionalist perspective, as if people are ill they cannot make have their place in society to the smooth running of society. Also the functionalist say if people adopt the sick role that there are exempt from the usual social responsibilities they normally do, they also have a responsibility to cooperate with health professionals and take steps to get themselves better.

According to Griffiths & et. al (2015), functionalism is a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of the individuals in that

Malinowski’s Functionalism: “humans have a set of universal biological needs, and that customs developed to fulfill those needs.” Focusing on the individual and satisfying the basic seven needs which included nutrition, reproduction, bodily comforts, safety, movement, health, and growth.

Two of the three models of health and healing discussed by Dossey (1999) were Era II Body/Mind Model of the 1950s and Era III Body/Mind/Spirit Model of the 1990s. According to Dossey (1999), post World War II the Medical Doctors noticed that there was proof that the functioning of the human body can be affected by other factors such as stress and emotions which, can lead to diseases such as ulcers and high blood pressure. This model brought to light the realization that treating the human body is complex because when the physical body is not well the mentation of the patient is affected resulting in exacerbation of other

In 150 to 200 words, describe the goals of clinical assessment and diagnosis. Explain how these goals affect treatment.

(P2) – This approach can be applied in health practice such as a Doctors surgery. For example, if a service user is diagnosed with cancer, their treatment may depend on the ill-strength of the individual and whether or not they are able to fight the cancer mentally.

In order to understand health, different models or frameworks for thinking have been developed which have been useful. The Biomedical model which evolved since the 19th century from Galen’s (Greek physician 200AD) concept of pathogen, focused on removing the disease/disability and not on prevention or general well-being [9]. The Biopsychosocial model however, doesn’t merely focus on the physical state of

Functionalism looks at society in aspects of how it contributes to the steadiness/cohesion of the whole society (Anderson, Taylor, & Logio, P. 18). There are many institutions that are looked at that include the economic system, government, education, religion, health care, and family. All of which have different roles and perform different functions to ensure that society operates in a well-ordered manner. An example of this would be how family reproduces, takes care of children, exposes children to culture and heritage, supports other family members, and shares life experiences. Shared values and social stability are keys to this perspective. When this system breaks down it is because people’s needs are not being covered and shared values are deteriorating. When this occurs, it affects all parts of functionalism and the society must achieve

In order to identify the functional areas for improvement would require some kind of survey that would be sent to the patients after discharge from the hospital. Yet, another way would be having someone speak directly with the patients admitted or awaiting services to understand how they feel and their perception of care. A

The biopsychosocial model of health is a multidimensional approach to health (Lecture 1, 2014). It focuses not only on the biology or physiology of a person, but also includes the psychology of a person and the manner in which society and culture influence health as well (Gurung, 2014). It was developed in the 21st century as an important theoretical framework to approaching health and medicine (Richtig, Trapp, Kapfhamer, Jenull, Richtig & Trapp, 2016).This approach makes the assumption that the mind and body connection is not only relevant but also vital to a person’s entire well being. It takes a holistic approach when treating an individual and can improve health in the

When looking at the postmodern worldview, many people believe that science is unable to explain the meaning to life. The post-modernistic theory explains that the world consists of an energy that can be manipulated and controlled. As a result of this many scientists and health care workers are looking for a more holistic way of treating patients. In this way the physical, psychological and spiritual needs of the patient are met. This leads to the patient being in complete harmony with their environment (Shelly & Miller, 2006). As a result patients will not be thought of as just a disease but a whole person.

The easiest and most general way to understand the functionalist view is through the example of a Turing machine. This is an abstract model of a machine, proposed by Alan Turing, which has a tape that can move infinitely in either direction, a scanner/sensor and a small printer attachment. On the tape there is a random sequence of symbols or lack thereof. The symbol at a specific point along the tape, chosen from a finite alphabet of

Functionalism is a consensus perspective, whereby society is based on shared values and norms into which members are socialised. For functionalists, society is seen as a system of social institutions such as the economy, religion and the family all of which perform socialisation functions.