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
