NUR 246 discussions part 1 (WEEK 1-4)!
Discussion week 1
Compare and contrast the following adjectives as applied to medicine: alternative,
... [Show More] complementary, integrative, holistic, natural, regular, unconventional, traditional. What does each adjective tell us about the origins, applications, and scope of these medicines? What do they tell us about bias in the dominant medical system?
Discuss the limitations of using clinical research methods designed for testing drugs in the evaluation of the effects of complementary and alternative medicine modalities. What research methods are more effective?
Discussion week 2
What is vitalism? Are you more of a fluidist, or do you think this vitalist property is just all in the mind? Why?
Describe the placebo response? Discuss several ways of understanding it in terms of human physiology—in terms of allopathic, mainstream medicine, and in terms of complementary and alternative medicine. Name three medical disorders that are identified more with the thin-boundary psychometric type. Name three that are identified more with the thick-boundary type.
Name and discuss three therapeutic modalities likely to be more effective for people with thin-boundary type, and three more suited for the thick-boundary type.
Discussion week 3
Discuss prayer in terms of the concept of “healing at a distance” and intentionality. (See also Chapter 14, Energy Medicine.)
Compare spirituality and religious practice. Discuss three health benefits associated with regular religious participation.
Until the twentieth century, physicians were seen as having a “sacerdotal” or priestly role in society and for the patient in addition to whatever knowledge and skills they brought for the practice of medicine. Do you think healers should or should not be involved with the spiritual dimensions of the patient? Should they be involved with the spiritual dimensions of the community and larger society?
Discussion week 4
Define the following concepts highlighted in bold and discuss the statements in depth.
Good correlations have been established between subtle (putative) and electromagnetic (substantive) energy.
Most energy medicine techniques assume that intentionality interacts with the effects of energy [Show Less]