The answer has to do with your preference for science or faith A doctor will read the New England Journal of Medicine and prescribe medications proven effective by the FDA, for this he will rely on double blind studies and statistical analysis. A medicine man will wear a mask and dance to summon the spirit of the White Buffalo, banish duendes and burn sacred herbs plus he does parlor tricks using the blood of a goat and a chicken sometimes achieving the placebo effect.
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