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Biomedical model ...The body was conceptualized as a machine in which all the parts functioned together to ensure health; if some parts broke down, clinicians intervened to limit and treat damage. (Jones, 1994 block 1, p.88) The statement above is a good way of describing the biomedical approach; its focus lays on curing the disease not the whole person. The approach generally involves looking for single, very specific causes for illnesses, with corresponding specific treatments, like antibiotics for infections that are expected to be effective for that illness in most people, under most conditions. Although widely recognized that psychological components play a big role in causation and treating an illness, most health care professions would put this into practice when using the biomedical approach. As a treatment it still can in many situations fail to happen. When treating a patient it can be crucial to take the person's life, emotions...

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