The nature of Disease: a) Part 1- Discussing the mono causal model of disease: ‘Every disease has one cause that is necessary and, in limited circumstances’ The mono-causal model (found in the early twentieth century), also known as the biomedical model, states that all diseases will always at most only have one cause which supports Koch’s postulate that the fundamental idea was that particular micro-organisms caused diseases by entering the human body through air, water, etc. With the application of this model potential universal “cures” can be produced The model of disease supports the fact that it best represents infectious diseases such as TB and cholera and diseases of deficiency. Due to this model there was a significant advance in understanding disease and resulted in useful treatments. Part 2- The problem that Broadbent found with this model: This whole model was based on an assumption which, according to Alex Broadbent, would never work in real world. This model fails to look at the aspects referring to the differences, relating to the origins, of diseases such as TB, cholera and conditions such as cancer. The application of this model cannot prove that a specific cause is not all that is needed to produce a disease. This model does not encompass the complexity of the nature of these diseases. E.g. one person might have a contagious disease but might pass it on to everyone around.

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The nature of Disease:a) Part 1- Discussing the mono causal model of disease:

Every disease has one cause that is necessary and, in limited circumstances The mono-causal model (found in the early twentieth century), also known as the biomedical model, states that all diseases will always at most only have one cause which supports Kochs postulate that the fundamental idea was that particular micro-organisms caused diseases by entering the human body through air, water, etc.

With the application of this model potential universal cures can be produced

The model of disease supports the fact that it best represents infectious diseases such as TB and cholera and diseases of deficiency.

Due to this model there was a significant advance in understanding disease and resulted in useful treatments.

Part 2- The problem that Broadbent found with this model:

This whole model was based on an assumption which, according to Alex Broadbent, would never work in real world. This model fails to look at the aspects referring to the differences, relating to the origins, of diseases such as TB, cholera and conditions such as cancer.

The application of this model cannot prove that a specific cause is not all that is needed to produce a disease.

This model does not encompass the complexity of the nature of these diseases. E.g. one person might have a contagious disease but might pass it on to everyone around.

There a lot of limiting conditions like physical condition, nutrition, and stress.

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