Allopathic Medicine:

Human Loss and Suffering

Introduction to Allopathic Medicine

Allopathic medicine, referred to sometimes as conventional or Western medicine, can be described as a system of healthcare based on science-driven methods of treatment like surgery, medication, and radiation. Its aim is towards the diagnosis, cure, and prevention of diseases through approaches aimed at curing the disease and relieving symptoms of suffering. Though allopathic medicine has helped in improving life expectancy and exterminating diseases once considered incurable, it cannot abolish human suffering.

Human Loss:

Human loss in the practice of allopathic medicine refers to the somatic and psychic burdens that come with diseases. Even with superior medical interventions, there would be severe side effects, long-term illnesses, or terminal diseases that might prove fatal. Allopathic medicine is by no means infallible, for instance, in curing complex conditions of cancer, neurological disorders, or autoimmune diseases. Further worsened by the failure of treatments, loss is the death of life itself, and even loss of hope for many.

Suffering in Allopathic Medicine:

Suffering in allopathic medicine can be as physical as well as being psychological…