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"western" as opposed to what? Isn't scientific medicine practiced in Japan? Or Australia? Russia? It's a very odd use of the world "western"...
by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
"western" as opposed to what? Isn't scientific medicine practiced in Japan? Or Australia? Russia?
It's a very odd use of the world "western"...
- ifokiedoke 6y agoI have to double this comment. I understand that this is shorthand for "Medicine developed by following the scientific process conceptualized in the West during the Enlightenment", but it's a pretty big misnomer. Language matters, and the continual use of the term "Western medicine" makes it sound like non-Western places don't create & practice science-based medicine.