For example, if a patient with asthma went to the doctor, the doctor would prescribe medication that will make them better.
However, the weaknesses of the bio-medical model are that it fails to include the social and environmental factors associated with ill-health which does not prevent the illness or disease from re-occurring. It also uses medical technology-centered equipment which can be cost-effective.
I think that using the bio-medical model for health is useful as it looks at the physical aspects of illness and disease. It is also effective at diagnosing and treating most of the diseases. However for example, if a person had asthma, they would go to the doctor and receive medication for them to treat it.
But by looking at the socio-medical model of health is also useful as it looks at the surrounding affects which cause the illness. For example, a person lives in a city which suffers from pollution and lives in a small damp flat where they have poor housing. This can trigger asthma to re-occur. Without looking at these factors any illness or disease will affect the health and well-being of an individual.
Also if a person had an eating disorder such as for example, anorexia or bulimia, the bio-medical model would not be very useful as it will only look at the physical aspect of the illness, however the socio-medical model of health will refer to the mental and emotional aspects of health in order to treat the illness, as it is due to the psychological illness which is causing the physical illness. By treating the psychological illness first, it will help the individual to treat the physical illness.
