Ethnomedicine refers to __________
A) the study of cross-cultural health systems
B) the globalization of Western biomedicine
C) the universal use of medicines to treat illness
D) ways of curing disease rather than preventing it
Answer: A
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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a. well identified system of ownership or rights over resources b. sedentism c. production of little or no surplus d. well demarked boundaries between kin and/or political groups