Which one of the following statements about the patients' choice to use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is most accurate?
A) CAM therapies are used by 80% of all Americans.
B) CAM therapies are not popular in the United States.
C) CAM practitioners tend to focus mostly on treating the disease.
D) CAM practitioners usually focus on the whole person.
D
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CAM practitioners are likely to be equally or even more concerned with treating the whole person and not just the disease.
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