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rosent76

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on: Aug 11, 2018
Which of the following best describes scientific medicine?
 
  A. the availability of free or low-cost health care for all
  B. a health care system that relies on advances in technology
  C. the practice of medicine in particular Western nations
  D. a tendency to overprescribe drugs and surgeries
  E. the beliefs, customs, and specialists concerned with curing illness

Question 2

What is an illness?
 
  A. a nonexistent ailment (only diseases are real)
  B. an artificial product of biomedicine
  C. a scientifically described health threat
  D. a purely linguistic problem
  E. a condition of poor health perceived by an individual


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Reply #1 on: Aug 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: E


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