The Staff Development Instructor Is Preparing a Presentation on the Different

Multiple Choice

The staff development instructor is preparing a presentation on the different types of medicine being used by the patients cared for in the organization. Which definition should the instructor use to describe the allopathic system or philosophy of health care?

A) A system that holds that disease is a result of nerve dysfunction
B) A system that maintains that illness is the result of falling out of balance with nature
C) A method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects different from those caused by the disease
D) A system that uses tiny doses of a substance that create the symptoms of disease in a healthy person to relieve those symptoms in a sick person