within.An allopath does more of the work in our modern medicine and believes primarily in intervention. As a treatment, he mainly uses drugs and surgery. The holistic model prefers minimal intervention when it comes to technology. A holistic practitioner would place emphasis primarily on instructing the patient to make changes in that individual’s lifestyle, since this is where the illness began this is where it should be treated. Medication is seen as a quick fix that glosses over the problem, the cause. Nutrition is of vital importance to the holistic practitioner. If any treatment were employed it would then be complemented by this. Allopathic or holistic both agree that a healthy diet is imperative to health. This coupled with a regiment of exercise will also aid the body in its resistance to environmental stresses. These two models in theory often times agree, it is in application that they differ.When viewing the body in the traditional paradigm it is considered to be like a machine, which functions or does not. Treatment is to return it to working condition by eliminating the symptoms and the disease. The individual can prevent disease by changing environmental issues. The alternative view is that the body is seen as “a dynamic system, a complex energy field within fields (family, workplace, environment, culture life history)” (Ferguson 248). This field is constantly interacting with the individual’s environment and is affected by their place in the world and in society. The patient must realize these influences which this and change themselves to adapt or if need be then to change their environment. Treatment does not end when symptoms of illness are gone instead it continues towards a greater idea of health.In the traditional model the patient gives himself or herself up to their doctor so to speak. This professional is viewed as the authority and the patient is dependent upon them and als...
