Positive Aspects Of The Biomedical Model

The biomedical model look on health and illness points health and illness as the absence of disease. This shows us how the model only focuses on the biological factors. The biomedical model only focuses on the structure and functioning of the body, and this is seen as the western scientific approach to medicine and health care. The positive aspect of the biomedical model is that it has advanced technology and medicines available in western culture to help with serious biological illnesses. The other benefit of the bio medical model is that it identifies and treats the sick resulting in health restoration which has a positive impact on society.The negative aspect of the biomedical model is that it doesn't take into account factors that contribute to the illness, for example it does not look at the environment/social history of the individual and the psychological history of the individual.
The model will only look at how it can cure or reduce the illness, which may be giving the individual an inhaler to help with breathing. The model will not look at what triggered the illness. Failing to remove these barriers for the individual to become well, the individual will continue to have respiratory problems due to their lifestyle or environment. This links to the Marxist theory as the person with the illness may be less educated about the problem and therefore the individual may not know of the triggers. The individual will continue to go to the doctors where he/she will have to keep on paying for his/her medication. Therefore the individual is being exploited by the capitalists because he/she has to keep on paying for the medication which can be solved by looking at the social or environmental factors of the