Its proponents hold that it thus avoids relativism about differing forms of medical knowledge and, while it is an essentially political definition, this should not imply that the dominance of mainstream biomedicine is solely due to political forces.
Fortalere for denne definition mener, at den derved undgår relativisme omkring forskellige former for medicinsk viden og, selvom det essentielt er en politisk definition, at dette ikke indebærer at dominansen af den etablerede lægevidenskab kun skyldes politiske kræfter.