Why is health generally not the focus of the biomedical paradigm?
A) Health is thought to be the absence of disease.
B) Health is an abstract concept that cannot be measured.
C) Doctors are more concerned with longevity than with feeling well.
D) Health is an idea borrowed from Eastern cultures.
A) Health is thought to be the absence of disease.
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