History GCSE
Medical hierarchy
What Medical hierarchy means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Medical hierarchy
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Physicians were expensive and accessible only to the wealthy, making home care the most common approach.
Topics that use Medical hierarchy
- Option 11: c1250–c1500: Medicine in medieval England - 2 Approaches to prevention and treatment (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Community care
- Purifying the air
- Religious actions
- Role of the Church
- Bloodletting
- Purging
- Traditional treatments
Using Medical hierarchy in the exam
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