Impact of Pharmaceutical Industries on Environment, Health, and Safety
Summary: Various classes of pharmaceutical compounds have been detected in water samples and proved to be highly toxic for animals and humans. Thus, to save the environment, it is necessary to regularly monitor pharmaceutical compounds’ concentration in pharmaceutical effluents that enter the drinking water sources. The purpose of this article is to highlight the assessment of environmental hazards, health risks, and toxicity caused by pharmaceutical pollutants.
Assessment: This article was written by Dr. Dayaram Patel Pharmacy College, who is experienced in the field of Western medicine.
Reflection: This article highlights another shortcoming of Western medicine.
Encyclopedia of Deception
Summary: The purpose of this encyclopedia is to examine lying from multiple perspectives drawn from various disciplines, including Western medicine. In this resource, the author notices that drug companies have been found to announce skewed research findings and publish false marketing claims.
Assessment: It is a multi-author, academic reference work that may serve as a non-technical and comprehensive resource for researchers and students.
Reflection: This encyclopedia reveals another, rather inconspicuous for most people, the shortcoming of Western medicine.
Why Nutrition Education is Inadequate in the Medical Curriculum: A Qualitative Study of Students’ Perspectives on Barriers and Strategies
Summary: To reduce medical costs, mortality, and disease morbidity, it is necessary to provide the provision of nutrition care by medics. Nevertheless, a significant number of doctors and medical students report that nutrition preparedness and education are inadequate. The purpose of this study is to explore the students’ perspectives on perceived barriers, the role of doctors in nutrition care, and some strategies to improve the experiences of nutrition education.
Assessment: For this study to be trustworthy, twenty-three undergraduate students were chosen and interviewed, and the constant comparison method was used.
Reflection: This article addresses poor nutrition education and thus reveals another disadvantage of Western medicine.
Complementary and Alternative Healthcare: Is it Evidence-based?
Summary: The purpose of this article is to understand whether alternative therapy is evidence-based. The author analyses several types of unconventional treatment, such as acupuncture, Ayurveda, homeopathy, massages, hypnosis, naturopathy, and biofeedback. Tabish suggests a solution to the problem of alternative therapy interfering with conventional medicine.
Assessment: This article is written by Syed Amin Tabish, a medical scientist, ad prof, or. At the end of the paper, there is a list of credible references.
Reflection: This article is helpful since it helps to find the difference between the Western and the Eastern approach.