When Sonia came to the United States,she was bewildered by the magnitude of healthcare choices available.Some people in her home village in the mountains of Peru seek health advice from local healers who have no formal training.Sonia had learned many of these techniques from a healer in Peru and decided to offer herbal remedies to cancer patients in the United States to combat the side effects of the chemotherapy treatments they were receiving from their doctors.What term do sociologists use to describe what Sonia offers?

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Sonia is offering herbal remedies as a complementary medicine to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, which is the use of alternative therapies alongside conventional medicine.

When Sonia Came to the United States,she Was Bewildered by the Magnitude