Concepts of Cure, Healing, Disease and Illness

Concepts of Cure, Healing, Disease and Illness
Author: Tadgemore Murigwa
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 4
Release: 2020-02-25
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3346119262

Essay in the subject Sociology - Medical Care, , language: English, abstract: According to WHO health is the complete state of physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely absence of disease or infirmity. (WHO 2010). When an individual is claimed to be healthy, it is considered the entire being is in a state of wellness and not merely absence of pathogens acting against one’s physical being. Cure and healing, although they may be interchanged have different meanings if taken in their rightful context. This misconception extend also to disease, sickness and illness. When individuals experience disease, there is always a tendency to think in obsolete terms of being curable and incurable. When we talk of curing we talk of the restoration of health by eliminating the symptoms that characterise a disease. Healing on the other hand calls for the restoration of wholeness. Healing is an integrative process that go beyond the physical but also include mental, emotional and spiritual vitality and wellness. Whilst cure could be instant, healing usually takes time. Also one can be cured but without healing and the reverse is also true.

Cured

Cured
Author: Jeffrey Rediger, M.D.
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1250193206

When it comes to disease, who beats the odds — and why? When it comes to spontaneous healing, skepticism abounds. Doctors are taught that “miraculous” recoveries are flukes, and as a result they don’t study those cases or take them into account when treating patients. Enter Dr. Jeff Rediger, who has spent over 15 years studying spontaneous healing, pioneering the use of scientific tools to investigate recoveries from incurable illnesses. Dr. Rediger’s research has taken him from America’s top hospitals to healing centers around the world—and along the way he’s uncovered insights into why some people beat the odds. In Cured, Dr. Rediger digs down to the root causes of illness, showing how to create an environment that sets the stage for healing. He reveals the patterns behind healing and lays out the physical and mental principles associated with recovery: first, we need to physically heal our diet and our immune systems. Next, we need to mentally heal our stress response and our identities. Through rigorous research, Dr. Rediger shows that much of our physical reality is created in our minds. Our perception changes our experience, even to the point of changing our physical bodies—and thus the healing of our identity may be our greatest tool to recovery. Ultimately, miracles only contradict what we know of nature at this point in time. Cured leads the way in explaining the science behind these miracles, and provides a first-of-its-kind guidebook to both healing and preventing disease.

Healing Before You're Cured

Healing Before You're Cured
Author: Roy Vongtama
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2019-02-07
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780960003303

Learn from a Board Certified Medical Doctor how to master your health: Are you... Desperate for a better way to approach your health? Getting sick all the time and ready to do something about it? Recovering from cancer or afraid you might get it? Healing Before You're Cured will... - Infuse you with the knowledge and inspiration to take back ownership of your health - Teach you easy-to-learn techniques to dramatically improve your immune system to prevent diseases before they start - Use groundbreaking research to prove to you that the body, mind, emotions, and spirit are interconnected and can be used to kick-start a healthier life! "Having treated and cured thousands of cancer patients, I can safely say that this book will not only challenge our assumptions about what is possible, but also will provide a secure roadmap for people who want to heal, not just be cured." - Dr. Guy Juillard, Professor Emeritus, former Vice Chair at UCLA Radiation Oncology and first holder of The Jennifer Jones Simon Professorship in Radiation Oncology Dr. Roy Vongtama is a Board Certified Cancer Specialist with degrees in Biological Basis of Behavior from the University of Pennsylvania, a Medical Doctorate from the University of Buffalo and postgraduate training at UCLA. His additional work includes authorship in 14 peer-reviewed scientific papers, hundreds of hours of study in nutrition, positive psychology, emotional wellness and meditation techniques. Dr. Vongtama has done more than 7,000 hours of silent meditation and has led hundreds of group meditations, as well as given public talks and private coaching for people interested in taking more control of their health.

Oxford Textbook of Spirituality in Healthcare

Oxford Textbook of Spirituality in Healthcare
Author: Mark Cobb
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2012-08-09
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0199571392

Spirituality and healthcare is an emerging field of research, practice and policy. Healthcare organisations and practitioners are therefore challenged to understand and address spirituality, to develop their knowledge and implement effective policy. This is the first reference text on the subject providing a comprehensive overview of key topics.

Handbook of the Philosophy of Medicine

Handbook of the Philosophy of Medicine
Author: Thomas Schramme
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-02-14
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9789401786874

This is the first wide-ranging, multi-authored handbook in the field of philosophy of medicine, covering the underlying conceptual issues of many important social, political and ethical issues in health care. It introduces and develops over 70 topics, concepts, and issues in the field. It is written by distinguished specialists from multiple disciplines, including philosophy, health sciences, nursing, sociology, political theory, and medicine. Many difficult social and ethical issues in health care are based on conceptual problems, most prominently on the definitions of health and disease, or on epistemological issues regarding causality or diagnosis. Philosophy is the discipline that deals with such conceptual, metaphysical, epistemological, methodological, and axiological matters. This handbook covers all the central concepts in medicine, such as ageing, death, disease, mental disorder, and well-being. It is an invaluable source for laypeople, academics with an interest in medicine, and health care specialists who want be informed and up to date with the relevant discussions. The text also advances these debates and will set the agenda for years to come.

The Science of Cure

The Science of Cure
Author: Tracy Kolenchuk
Publisher: Tracy D. Kolenchuk
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2020-11-19
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

The Science of Cure defines and describes the elementary types of cures for any curable illnesses. These elements are explored and combined to cover complex, illnesses, and chronic illnesses. The book explores the impact of this theory of cure on many concepts, including: illness, disease, sickness, healing, transformation, placebo. Three basic causes of illness are reviewed, and their associated cure processes. Cure is a verb. Is a cure holistic or reductionist? How can we tell? The concepts of holistic and reductionist treatments are clearly defined, such that we can easily determine if any treatment is holistic, reductionist, or a blend. Is prevention better than cure? Umm.. Not when we are sick. In addition, because many illnesses cause secondary diseases - a cure is often the best preventative. The Science of Cure is a condensation, expansion, and exploration of the concepts introduced in the books The Elements of Cure and A Calculus of Curing – developed over several years of research and writing for the blog site Healthicine – the Arts and Sciences of Health and Healthiness. It is also an expansion of the papers A Definition and Exploration of Cure published on Academia.edu in July 2018 and A Theory of Cure, 2019. This book defines fundamental concepts of cure, cures, curing, and cured, and many related topics including cause, illness, disease, sickness, treatment, remission, and recurrence.

Curing the Incurable

Curing the Incurable
Author: Jacque C. Rigg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999-02
Genre: Alternative medicine
ISBN: 9781883697174

Modern Western medicine offers cures for a host of baffling ailments and terminal diseases, from arthritis to cancer. Yet, while these cures alleviate the symptoms, they often become part of the problem. Recent studies have shown that in many cases, the mind is the ultimate tool in battling illness. Curing the Incurable presents another approach to traditional medicine and tells of the author's remarkable recovery from Multiple Sclerosis by adapting a natural, proactive approach. Rigg includes essential information on food and nutrition, healthful recipes, along with a comprehensive index for alternative medicine resources.

Curing and Healing

Curing and Healing
Author: Andrew Strathern
Publisher:
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1999
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

Throughout history and throughout the world today, problems of health, sickness, and medical treatment have been intimately interwoven with social, cultural, and political life generally. Medical anthropology deals with these problems from a biocultural perspective, recognizing the deep connections between cultural patterns, historical change, and life processes. This book draws on a rich array of ethnographic cases from around the world to demonstrate the complexities of ideas and practices that surround the health of the human body, and how health is impacted by the beliefs and practices of the community. The authors make particular use of new materials from their field areas among the Hagen and Duna people in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.The book is intended as a textbook useable for both anthropology courses and courses for medical students. The topics covered include a survey of earlier works in medical anthropology, regimens of bodily treatment, sex and reproduction, medical pluralism, doctor-patient communication, epidemiology, ethnopsychiatry, illness and the emotions, and how diseases such as AIDS have altered the ways in which individuals see themselves and 'traditional' practices alter to accommodate new diseases.Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart are a husband and wife anthropological team who work in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea and the Lowlands of Scotland.

Caring and Curing

Caring and Curing
Author: Dianne Elizabeth Dodd
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 231
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 0776603876

This collection of essays takes the reader from the early 19th century struggle between female midwives and male physicians right up to the late 20th century emergence of professionally trained women physicians vying for a place in the medical hierarchy. The bitter conflict for control of birthing and other aspects of domestic health care between female lay healers, particularly midwives, and the emerging male-dominated medical profession is examined from new perspectives. Published in English.

How Healing Works

How Healing Works
Author: Wayne Jonas, M.D.
Publisher: Lorena Jones Books
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2018-01-09
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0399579257

Drawing on 40 years of research and patient care, Dr. Wayne Jonas explains how 80 percent of healing occurs organically and how to activate the healing process. In How Healing Works, Dr. Wayne Jonas lays out a revolutionary new way to approach injury, illness, and wellness. Dr. Jonas explains the biology of healing and the science behind the discovery that 80 percent of healing can be attributed to the mind-body connection and other naturally occurring processes. Jonas details how the healing process works and what we can do to facilitate our own innate ability to heal. Dr. Jonas's advice will change how we consume health care, enabling us to be more in control of our recovery and lasting wellness. Simple line illustrations communicate statistics and take-aways in a memorable way. Stories from Dr. Jonas's practice and studies further illustrate his method for helping people get well and stay well after minor and major medical events.