Which of these statements is true of the relationship between biomedicine and ethnomedicine?
A) Biomedicine it is embedded in Western culture, and therefore is a form of ethnomedicine.
B) Biomedicine has been clinically proven to work, but ethnomedicine is based in superstition and folklore.
C) Biomedicine has replaced ethnomedicine in all but the most remote communities.
D) Biomedicine is relatively rare, and is found only in European and North American societies.

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Biomedicine, as a form of medicine, is culturally embedded in Western society and can therefore be considered a form of ethnomedicine. While it may differ in its techniques and beliefs from other forms of ethnomedicine, it is still shaped by cultural values and practices.

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