Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
The answers to these questions are not directly stated in the reading. Write complete answers.
1. Why might someone turn to alternative medicine?
- Conventional medicine may not have cured them.
2. Why have unconventional forms of medicine gained prestige?
- They have gained prestige because scientific experiments have shown that some of them are effective.
3. How might a holistic doctor treat a patient with an ulcer?
- The doctor might prescribe meditation to calm the nerves.
4. Why are some forms of alternative medicine more respected than others?
- Some forms of alternative medicine have been researched more thoroughly than others.
5. Why might conventional doctors be suspicious of alternative medicine?
- Conventional doctors have spent years learning about drugs and surgery and don’t understand alternative medicine.