es. The biomedical viewpoint does not accept alternative forms of healing or other healers. Western medicine is considered superior to other medical systems in the world, and because of this fact, other beliefs about causation, diagnosis and treatment of disease are disregarded and/or denigrated. This ethnocentric view is rigid and highly judgmental especially when treating patients from other cultures. Therefore, in the clinical setting, the applications of this theory includes the belief that patients should be prompt, comply with the doctor's plan of treatment, subordination of health care workers to the doctors, and vigilant observation of the doctor's instructions. If p!
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