Contemporary Healthcare: Biomedical and Allopathic

The predominant model of care in North America is both biomedical and allopathic. Biomedicine is a system based on quantifiable, measurable, physiologic, anatomic, and biochemical principles. It provides a scientific basis for explaining the human experience.

Allopathic medicine is a system of diagnosis and treatment based upon the use of opposites (see examples in the table). Its primary tools are pharmaceuticals and surgery.