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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
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a monopoly/medical therapies ?

A few doctors assert that herbs are potentially harmful, but doctors are always trying to maintain a monopoly over medical therapies.

What does it mean " to maintain a monopoly " ?

What does it mean " medical therapies " ? Does they mean " drugs " ?

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monopoly - to be the only supplier of something. I think they mean medical treatments in a wider sense than just drugs.

— Nona the brit

  • monopoly - to be the only supplier of something.
  • I think they mean medical treatments in a wider sense than just drugs.
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monopoly - to be the only supplier of something.

I think they mean medical treatments in a wider sense than just drugs.
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I think Nona's right, it's more than just drugs.
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When a businesss entity has the monoploy on a product, is has the control of pricing. In other words, they dictate the market. The synonym for monpoly is anti-trust. Does that answer your question?

Medical theropy is a vauge label that may cover medicinal and other theropeutic practices. Often time, the name is selected relatively vaugely to avoid legality problems.
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