Professional Presence and Influence C351 Task 1 Western Governors University

Professional Presence and Influence A. Professional Presence A1. Distinguished physician Larry Dossey acknowledged three eras that provided the context for Western medicine that we know today. The first era began in the 1860s and is considered a mechanical model, as it was beginning when science was being integrated into healthcare. In this era, it was presumed that health and illness were wholly physical in nature, and a persons cognizance was merely a product of chemical, anatomical, and physiological aspects of the brain. The second era came about in the 1950s and is considered a body/mind model, with treatments showing a rising awareness that a persons thoughts and feelings have an impact on...