The Difference Between Healing & Curing In medical training, doctors rarely use the word “healing.” We might talk about a healing wound or a healing fracture. But to talk about healing a person, healing the wounded heart, or healing the nervous system was considered fluffy “woo” nonsense. Cure, on the other hand, is typically the goal. Anything short of cure may be seen as a narcissistic injury for doctors, who like to feel in control and prefer to feel like the hero or heroine who saves the day