Bradley Kitaoka - Week 6

               I thought the reading for this week was interesting. The main reason why I thought this was because I felt like it was related to what the topic is for my group project. For my group we are looking at comparing the methods of medicine in the modern (western) and traditional (cultural) standards. Also, our presentation for class will be showing how both methods are useful and one is not better than the other. In this article they talked about how traditional styles of healing could be integrated and used together in the future. In one part of the article they say how spiritual techniques can be implemented in the medical field and psychiatric field. In this section they also list the vast improvements that could come from combining the different strategies. Overall, I really enjoyed the reading and I believe this is the direction the medical field should move forward in. I really do not see any major negative issues in combining the two. I feel that only positive outcomes would come from this as it gives people different opportunities to become healthier.

 

Cite: Acupuncture & Massage College. (2017, August 7). Western and Eastern Medicine: A Tale of Two Doctors. Retrieved May 3, 2020, from https://www.amcollege.edu/blog/western-and-eastern-medicine

Question: Do you think that a combination of spiritual and western techniques will become more mainstream in the future?