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  • Essay / The pros and cons of alternative medicine - 1316

    The upper right dimension of cancer is said to be the breakdown of cells leading to a weakened immune response. This quadrant can be observed by extracting cells from a patient and evaluating them under a microscope, therefore exterior (cells being removed) individual (living cells that make up the patient). There is, however, an inner dimension of the individual which has generally been ignored by conventional medicine: this is the upper left quadrant. These are subjective states such as pain, fear, despair and uncertainty (Astin, J. and Astin, A., 2002). Although fear or anxiety may express itself in a physical form, it itself cannot be treated with conventional medicine. Some might argue that patients are given anti-anxiety pills; However, these medications numb or block the transmission of stimuli but do not actually solve the problem causing the anxiety state. The same goes for many medications. They treat the symptoms, but not the root