1. In this discussion, Western medicine refers to the dominant, hospital and clinic-based, doctor-centered form of health care found in industrialized Euro-American countries. Also in this discussion, clinical medicine will refer to times of direct nurse or doctor contact with patients, regardless of whether this occurs in a health clinic, a hospital or other sites such as the home.
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