“Private Practice” Sex, Lies, and More Sex…Oh, and Some Medical Stuff, Too!

Private Practice, Season One
ABC Studios
Starring Kate Walsh, Tim Daly, Taye Diggs, and Amy Brenneman
394 minutes (9 episodes on 3 discs)
Release Date: September 16, 2008

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Alternative Medicine – “A variety of therapeutic or preventive health care practices, such as homeopathy, naturopathy, chiropractic, and herbal medicine, that do not follow generally accepted medical methods and may not have a scientific explanation for their effectiveness.” (http://www.answers.com/topic/alternative-medicine)

Holistic Medicine – “Holistic medicine is a term used to describe therapies that attempt to treat the patient as a whole person. That is, instead of treating an illness, as in orthodox allopathy, holistic medicine looks at an individual’s overall physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional wellbeing before recommending treatment. A practitioner with a holistic approach treats the symptoms of illness as well as looking for the underlying cause of the illness. Holistic medicine also attempts to prevent illness by placing a greater emphasis on optimizing health. The body’s systems are seen as interdependent parts of the person’s whole being. Its natural state is one of health, and an illness or disease is an imbalance in the body’s systems. Holistic therapies tend to emphasize proper nutrition and avoidance of substances—such as chemicals—that pollute the body. Their techniques are non-invasive.” (http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/holistic+medicine)

And so ends out vocabulary lesson for this post.

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