Holistic Medicine

What disadvantage did Western medicine bring?

• It makes people more sick.

• It kills germs.

• People stopped looking after themselves.

• It was a turning point in history.

Western medicine today:

• is holistic.

• can cure everything.

• is the same as indigenous medicine.

• is purely scientific.

Holistic healing is:

• holy; religious, giving spiritual support.

• treating the whole person, not just the illness.

• treating mental health.

• using herbal medicines.

Does this quote support the use of holistic Western medicine or indigenous medicine:

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in caring ... in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease." - Thomas Edison

• Holistic Western medicine

• Indigenous medicine

Does this quote support the use of holistic Western medicine or indigenous medicine:

"...if all the proper rituals have been done at home, people can still be troubled by problems and illness. They will go to a diviner and ask him or her for advice. Diviners have had long and careful training to understand the causes of people's problems." - "Sacred Places" J. Stonier, T. Derrick

• Holistic Western medicine

• Indigenous medicine

Does this quote support the use of holistic Western medicine or indigenous medicine:

"When it comes to treating broken bones and injured body parts, doctors and hospitals are needed ... but when it comes to treating the whole human being, this is not enough."

• Holistic Western medicine

• Indigenous medicine

Does this quote support the use of holistic Western medicine or indigenous medicine:

"Being part of a community can have a positive effect on mental health and emotional wellbeing." - Dr Caroline Leaf

• Holistic Western medicine

• Indigenous medicine

Does this quote support the use of holistic Western medicine or indigenous medicine:

"We need to treat the whole person, not just the physical illness. Ancestors are very important in healing people." - adapted from Platinum Social Sciences G6

• Holistic Western medicine

• Indigenous medicine