Medicine Is Not Only A Science

MRI technicians use cutting-edge technology to create high quality, three dimensional images of organs and tissues inside the body to study

A physician, just like the healers of the past, are concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. Similarities still exist in that the medical practice properly requires both a detailed knowledge of the academic science based disciplines underlying diseases and their treatment – the science of medicine – and also a decent competence in its applied practice – the art or craft of medicine.

As described by Dr. Atul Gawande in his book Complications, medicine “is an imperfect science, an enterprise of constantly changing knowledge… fallible individuals” making medicine different from other scientific fields

A patient is a human being. Illness disturbs biological, social, psychological elements that make the patient human. It is not enough to centre and diagnoses and decisions on scientific data and empirical fact; medicine is about much more. The focus of this paper is to make the argument that the practice of medicine is a discipline that requires human empathy as well as scientific data and empirical fact to establish diagnoses with emphasis on five components of the physician-patient relationship: patient’s experience of illness, physician-patient communication, and proficiency of end of life care, medical ethics and spiritual growth. This position will be supported through the film “Wit (Nichols & Brokaw, 2002)” through the character Vivian Bearing 's revelation that illustrates a patient’s struggle with death and in the process exposes the distinction between medicine and science.

An MRI uses computer-generated radio waves and a strong magnetic field to produce a detailed image of the brain. “MRIs are helpful in the diagnosis of tumors, eye diseases, infections, inflammation, and damage due to head injury” (Hill 2008). When getting an MRI, you lay on a table that slides into a tube, and they use computer-generated radio waves and a very strong magnetic field to see images of the brain. This test will allow the doctor to see two and three-dimensional images of your brain.

The more that we study the human body and learn more about it the greater our medical knowledge will become. Furthering the education of health and medicine benefits everyone. Without continuing the education of the human body the less we will accomplish. 100 years into the future medication will be a thing of the past. That’s why it’s important to learn about how the advancement of medicine, surgery, and technology have benefited our culture. Soon we will be able to say that we have the cure to alzheimer's, cancer, and

My educational aspirations consist of acquiring a bachelor’s degree in science. My career vision is to one day be a Radiologic technician. On the other hand, I am certain that if I do not complete my college degree, I would not have the opportunity to achieve my career goals. To me, acquiring a career as a radiologic technician is the most appealing career because it is a respected profession dedicated to helping people remain healthy. My career goal is to help others and be challenged as an individual, and becoming a radiologic technician will allow me to reach my goals. I had the opportunity to observe a number of diffusion tensor imaging, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging at Jersey Community Hospital. During that time, I witnessed

Traditionally, the physician was expected to use all of their talents and training in an effort to save the life of their patient, no matter the odds. More recently, the physician’s role has been redefined to preserve the autonomy of the patient. Now physicians must give life saving care only in so far and to the degree desirous of the competent patient.

I embrace the search for the effective, mutual beneficial relationships within medicine that aims to improve the lives of patients and fellow physicians to uncover the body’s complexities that are not always apparent through pure medical intervention. It’s not an endeavor that can be done with haste. Only with deliberate focus and care can I learn how to hone a person’s tale to their own telling and maintain their wellbeing. I look forward to the

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a way of medically imaging the body with the use of a magnetic field and radiofrequency waves. (1) As image quality of MRI continues to improve, more MRI exams are being ordered. Increasing MRI exams leads to increased wait times. Due to current wait lists, the health status of patients may decrease, influencing the type of treatment the patient will require once removed from the wait list. (7) The advances in technology have increased in the past decade, with MRI procedures are vastly growing to provide superior diagnostic quality compared to other modalities. New technologies are also allowing for faster scan times and further increased image quality. (9)

demand that society leads us all to believe in our healthcare potential for curing oppose to attending to the needs of the sick individual. (Riggs, A. 2016).

The surgeon went through my MRI, pointing out the structures of my neck and the disc impinging on my spinal cord and nerves. I was amazed with the fine details the films possessed and curious as to how the MRI machine worked. This curiosity led me into a job working for Boca Raton Regional Hospital’s Imaging Department. There I handled prescriptions and orders, spoke with referring physicians and explained the upcoming radiologic examinations to patients. This position would open my eyes to the world of radiology. The work came easy and I found myself with stretches of down time, which I spent talking with the imaging technicians and clinical staff. They exposed me to the many different diagnostic modalities, taught me the basics of anatomy seen in imaging, and showed me the pathology in each scan. The culmination of these events led me into medicine, and specifically directed me towards the field of

Magnetic Resonance Imaging, or commonly known as MRI, is a technique used in medicine for producing images of tissues inside the body. It is an important diagnostic tool because it enables physicians to identify abnormal tissue without opening the body through surgery. MRI lets physicians see through bones and organs. MRI does not expose the patient to radiation, unlike tests that use X-rays. MRI provides an unparallel view inside the human body. It is the method of choice for the

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” With these words, Socrates stated the creed of reflective men and women and set the task for ethics: to seek, with the help of reason, a consistent and defensible approach to life and its moral dilemmas (Walters 22). Ethical inquiry is important to us when we are unsure of the direction in which we are heading. “New philosophy calls all in doubt,” wrote John Donne in the wake of the Copernican Revolution and of Charles I’s violent death, suggesting that new thoughts had challenged old practices (Donne). Today, new practices in the biomedical sciences are challenging old thoughts: “New medicine calls all in doubt” (Walters 22).

An MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is a scan that uses a system of techniques, involving magnetism, radio waves and a computer to generate detailed images of the human body. Essentially, it is a tube encased by a large circular magnet. The patient would be placed on a moveable bed, which is then inserted into the tube. The magnet then creates a strong magnetic field that aligns the protons of hydrogen atoms. These hydrogen atoms come from the human body, which is 50-65% H2O. These atoms are exposed to a beam of radio waves. This spins the various protons of the body. As they spin, they produce a slight