1. GOVERNMENT Government support of individuals.
Institution:
Government
Government support of individuals.
Government can support/oppose
Centralised government can help the spread of ideas.
The breakdown of government can impact on medical knowledge world wide.
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2. RELIGION Plays a role in:
Institution:
The Church
Religion can help and hinder medical progression.
Religion can influence medical studies.
Religions can give a moral opinion on medicine.
Religion becomes less important as we progress.
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3. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Changes in science and technology meant that new ways of carrying out different procedures was made possible.
This links to the role of individuals and the changing attitudes.
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4. INDIVIDUALS Plays a role in:
Individuals are really important to the discoveries and changes in medicine.
Later in history some of the most important breakthroughs were the work of determined and inspired individuals.
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5. WAR War Countries work together to fine new remedies.
Desperate to try anything in order to keep soldiers on the battlefield.
However, can destroy medical progress.
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6. EDUCATION Plays a role in: Education
Lack of education in the early years like the Middle Ages means that there in continuity in medicine.
Changing ideas means better education and that people start to question ideas that have gone before.
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7. TEAMWORK
Teamwork
When individuals shared ideas they were able to build on these and come up with new ideas and discoveries.
Sometimes teams worked together on one single discovery.
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8. CHANCE Chance Chance is just pure luck. Individuals can take a chance.
Some discoveries were the result of sloppy science.
Chance can be the right time or the right place, sometimes even the right family.
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9. COMMUNICATIONS
Communications
During the earlier periods when there is poor communication, there is more continuity of medicine as ideas are less able to be shared.
As communications improve over time, more sharing of ideas occurs and therefore faster and more accurate changes.
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10. RESPECT FOR TRADITION
Attitudes:
respect
for
tradition
Respect for traditions meant that people didn’t look for new ideas.
This factor means that there was continuity in medicine for large periods in history.
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11. SEEKING IMPROVEMENT
Attitudes:
seeking improvement
Attitudes were linked to individuals’ work and how their work was carried out.
Individuals were willing to ask questions, challenge old ideas, experiment and collect evidence.
Each new discovery spurred on doctors to find out more.
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