Which of These Statements Is True of the Relationship Between

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements is true of the relationship between biomedicine and ethnomedicine?

• A) Biomedicine it is embedded in Western culture, and therefore is a form of ethnomedicine.
• B) Biomedicine has been clinically proven to work, but ethnomedicine is based in superstition and folklore.
• C) Biomedicine has replaced ethnomedicine in all but the most remote communities.
• D) Biomedicine is relatively rare, and is found only in European and North American societies.

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