huspa1-8, Exercise 2: Prescription against pleasure

Model answer:

In the prescription tradition a doctor recommends a course of bath-based treatment for a condition, sometimes with partial public funding, and it is given by trained staff in the clinics or medical departments attached to the baths: medicinal baths, massage and physiotherapy by appointment. A visit for pleasure is a ticket bought for relaxation, with no clinical element. The first treats the bath as part of the health system, the second as leisure. Funding and eligibility should be checked, and this is not medical advice.