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Aesculapius and Hygeia

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It is clear that American medical care is built on the aesculpapian model. When one considers our concerns regarding the allocation of health care, is it possible that some of our problems are associated with this choice made over 1,000 years ago? Consider how the debate would be altered had we taken the hygeia model (option) as the standard of health care provisions.

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It is clear that American medical care is built on the aesculpapian model. This solution debates the change from the aesculpapian model to the hygeia model as the standard of health care provisions in America, including how these changes would be reflected in the new system.

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