EPQ PLANNING

EPQ PLANNING

1. INTRODUCTION

   • Talk about the rise in modern medicine and how it has changed the lives of people living in the present, past and future since it was brought into context.
   • The history of medicine and how it has developed - briefly.
   • A brief summary of what is going to be included in the essay- the improvement that modern medicine had had on the lives of people living in third world countries and the limitations it may have had.

2. THE VIEWS

   • The views of the public on whether modern medicine has had an effect in third world countries - using the online poll and forum. A summary of the key points that people had to offer.
   • My own view at the beginning of my research compared to how i felt about the issue after my research - balance the argument

3. CHINA

   • How has modern medicine changed the lives of the Chinese people since it was introduced.
     • Stats -has it helped bring the mortality rate down.
     • Why do some people believe that traditional medicine is still better than modern medicine
   • What factors may be limiting the increased improvement to poorer people using modern medicine.
     • The governmental influence on the peoples choice - communism
     • The rights of women - the introduction of education and further education as well as, the ability to get male dominant jobs
     • Lack of education - the fact that education is a cost that some families can not afford and would rather work from a young age where, they do not move from their place of birth - restricts present knowledge.
     • Traditional Medicine - Herbal medicine is used widely in China and can sometimes be favored over modern medicine.
     • Religion - it is largely a Buddhist country which means that there will be some people against new medical advances and surgery.

4. INDIA

   • How has modern medicine benefited the lives opf individuals that live in India?
   • How has education in India caused a class segregation and caused people from different classes to be treated differently - not having immediate availability of medicine.
   • Being a large country with a large population and many different cultures how has belief had an effect in the way that people respond to modern medicine.
   • Stats - has modern medicine help bring the mortality rate down
     • Will modern medicine help reduce the rate at which the population is growing- will this cause benefits to future generations.

5. GHANA