The nurse learns that a patient used to follow homeopathic medicine, but now only uses allopathic medicine approaches. What is the significance of allopathic medicine?
1. Espouses empiric methods for treating disease
2. Accepts other forms of therapy as valid for treating disease
3. Is practiced only where it is accepted
4. Encompasses different treatment modalities within its framework
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Explanation: 1. Allopathic medicine is the major form of medical care today, as it relies on empirical evidence to successfully treat disease.
2. Allopathic medicine does not accept other forms of therapy as valid for treating disease.
3. Allopathic medicine is practiced in most nations.
4. Allopathic medicine is not holistic in nature, and does not accept other treatment modalities as valid within its overall framework.
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