medical model


med·i·cal mod·el

a set of assumptions that views behavioral abnormalities in the same framework as physical disease or abnormalities.

medical model

Medspeak
See Medical model of health.
Psychiatry
See Medical model of suicide.

med·i·cal mod·el

(med'i-kăl mod'ĕl) The traditional approach to the diagnosis and treatment of illness as practiced by physicians in the Western world; focuses on the defect or dysfunction.

med·i·cal mod·el

(med'i-kăl mod'ĕl) A set of assumptions that views behavioral abnormalities in the same framework as physical disease or abnormalities.