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Nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatments instead of visiting their usual doctor. Do you think this is a positive or a negative development? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatments instead of visiting their usual doctor. Do you think this is a positive or a negative development? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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It is true that an increasing number of people who have health issues are giving different medications and treatments from a new
doctor
 a try, rather than seeing the doctors that they visit regularly.
While
 there are some benefits to trying different methods of
treatment
 with another
doctor
, I think it is the best option to continue seeing the
doctor
that
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 the
patient
 usually pays visits
to
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. On the one hand, I consider that there are two benefits to visiting a new
doctor
 for medical treatments.
Firstly
, the new medication or
treatment
 the new
doctor
 prescribes may be more effective in curing the
patient
's illness.
For example
, my previous
doctor
 prescribed
a
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 insufficient dose of diabetic medication. I asked him to rise the dose but he refused,
thus
, I looked for a new
doctor
 who is better at diabetes
treatment
 to have a more efficient
treatment
 plan.
Secondly
, a new
doctor
 may bring in a new perspective on treating the disease. To be more specific, though doctors receive almost the same education and knowledge, some doctors have more clinical experiences that may help with the
patient
's symptoms.
However
, there are
also
 a few drawbacks to seeing another physician, I will discuss one here. It is possible that the new
doctor
 might not know the person's medical history or medical condition to make the right
treatment
.
For example
, I heard news in China, there was a person, who knew nothing about his own disease and went to a different
doctor
. For some reason they couldn't find his medical record, deciding to ignore it and prescribed a medicine that he was allergic to, causing the
patient
's death. For
this
 factor, I think it is not good to visit a new
doctor
 without any preparation. In conclusion, it may be worth a try to try new methods that may cure the disease,
however
, for the reasons mentioned above, I think it is a negative development.
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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • alternative medicines
  • treatments
  • positive development
  • negative development
  • health problems
  • usual doctor
  • access
  • personalized approach
  • holistic well-being
  • lack of regulation
  • evidence-based research
  • proper medical treatment
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