In Defending Their Ethnomedicine, the People of Chuuk Point Out

question 44

Multiple Choice

In defending their ethnomedicine, the people of Chuuk point out that __________.

• A) they have never seen germs, but they have seen ghosts that cause illness
• B) Western medicine only cures Western diseases, not local illness
• C) people treated with traditional medicine are cured faster than those who go to hospital
• D) a combination of Chuuk medicine and Western medicine is the best approach

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