___Medicine Increases Costs, but Does Not Really Help the Practitioner

question 13

Short Answer

___medicine increases costs, but does not really help the practitioner treat the patient and may even harm the patient.

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Definitions:

Etiology

Causes or origins, especially of disease.

Multifactorial

Involving or resulting from a combination of multiple genes and environmental factors, as in the etiology of certain diseases.

Reading Disorders

Disorders characterized by difficulties in reading that are not in line with the individual's general intelligence, often referred to as dyslexia.

Phonological Processing

An auditory processing skill that involves detecting and discriminating differences in speech sounds under conditions of little or no distraction or distortion.