Which of the following statements concerning drug treatment is true?

a. ?Within each ethnic population, women and men should be medicated with equal doses for the same disorder.
b. ?Regardless of ethnicity, women and men should be medicated with equal doses for the same disorder.
c. ?Both ethnicity and gender must be taken into account when medicating a person for a disorder.
d. ?Because medication is a biological treatment designed for humans, gender and ethnicity are not factors.


ANSWER:
c

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