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What Is the Reductionist Approach in Healthcare?

What Is the Reductionist Approach in Healthcare? (0:26)

The reductionist approach is being implemented by some scientists in an effort to control disease. In this video, HealthMaker Brad Perkins, MD, a Vanguard executive, describes what it is and why it's flawed.

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The thought that we are going to identify the specific causes of all the specific molecular causes of all the diseases that we are faced with and that there is going to be a magic bullet treatment is a flawed approach for many of the diseases that we're currently facing.