Problem
A. Imagine you are at the doctor for a recent knee injury. Although the damage doesn't require surgery, your doctor decides to write you a prescription for an opioid painkiller to help with the pain you are experiencing.
a. What is your reaction to the doctor's decision to write you this prescription?
b. Do you disagree with the doctor's assessment (of you needing that prescription), or do you believe the doctor made the right decision?
c. Could there be better options to cope with the pain of your injury (without the use of prescriptions)?
i. If so, what would they be?
ii. Where would you go to seek these other options?
B. What do you consider to be alternative therapies?
C. How do you think different cultures might define and accept complementary and alternative therapies differently than they are defined and accepted in the U.S.?