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A 9 page research paper that addresses the question: How would an osteopath, a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine or a shaman handle the following case? The case scenario is then presented and the writer speculates how each of these healers would handle this particular case, with the writer assuming the persona of each practitioner. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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but suffers burns, broken bones, and multiple internal injuries. He undergoes several surgeries, and, with rehabilitation, eventually takes a few steps. He is discharged from the military with the prognosis
that he will never again walk without pain and that he will never again walk any distance. He returns home to his native village in India with the expectation that
he will be wheelchair dependent for the rest of his life (Donnelly 238). An Osteopath Osteopathy is a "branch of Western medicine that incorporates alternatives perspectives" to those used
in mainstream medicine (Steiner 20). It is a practice that is based on the manipulation of bones and muscles and was first promoted in 1874 by a Kansas physician, A.T.
Still (Steiner 20). Osteopaths are licensed in all 50 states and, while they believe that displaced bones, nerves and muscles are the root cause behind many illnesses, they undergo the
same training as M.D.s and are therefore can prescribe medicine, perform surgery and, like M.D.s regularly select an area of specialization, such as neurology or pediatrics (Steiner 20). The main
difference between an M.D. (medical doctor) and a D.O. (doctor of osteopathy) is that the D.O. is trained to osteopathic manipulation techniques. However, the tendency today is for D.O.s to
use these techniques only in response to certain ailments, such as back or neck pain (Steiner 20). However, another difference is that the D.O. is trained to consider the whole
body, whereas an M.D. is more disease-focused. Therefore, D.O. tend to take more time with their patients, taking long health histories, and they do not tend to relay on prescription
drugs, but rather search for underlying causes of pain (Steiner 20). For example, one osteopathy patient reports that he went to several M.D. complaining of arthritis pain in his hip.
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