Doctor: While a few alternative

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct60% picked this

   Many practitioners and patients neglect more effective conventional medicines in favor

   Why this is right

   This Provides a new negative consequences of allowing some alternative medicines to be prescribed for serious illnesses.

   Skill tested: Weaken · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   60%
2. B

   Too Weak9% picked this

   Many herbal remedies are marketed with claims of proven effectiveness when in fact their

   This might speak to the need for better control of how these remedies are marketed, but misleading claims of effectiveness are not the same as harming patients.

   9%
3. C

   Too Weak15% picked this

   Some patients may have allergic reactions to certain medicines that have been tolerated

   This fails to suggest that the rate of allergic reactions to alternative medicines is any greater than the rate of allergic reactions to traditional medicines.

   15%
4. D

   Out of Scope5% picked this

   The vast majority of purveyors of alternative medicines are driven as much by the profit motive as by a

   The motivations of those who advocate for certain herbal remedies has no impact on whether those remedies are safe for patients, even if they're ineffective.

   5%
5. E

   Strengthens11% picked this

   Any pain relief or other benefits of many herbs have been proven to derive entirely from patients' belief in the remedy, rather

   This suggests that many herbs provide pain relief and other benefits. Even though the benefit is entirely derived from the patients' belief in the remedy, the patient is still benefiting nonetheless.

   11%