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Cooldude101

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According to a Western biomedical perspective, illness is understood as __________.
 
  A. feelings of pain or sickness
  B. a disease attributable to natural causes
  C. a biological transfer of microscopic contagions
  D. a diagnosis offered by a physician

Question 2

Chinese acupuncture is based on the concept __________.
 
  A. of umami, a particular quality associated with saline levels in the lymphatic system
  B. that blood sugar levels vary with health and illness
  C. of qi, an energy force that inhabits all living things
  D. of medical pluralism



pallen55

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C



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