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Title: Compare the following statements. Which are considered predominant in non-Western cultures? (Select ...
Post by: Cookie12 on Jan 18, 2018
Compare the following statements. Which are considered predominant in non-Western cultures? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Causes of illness are biomedical in nature.
  b. Illness is an imbalance between humans and nature.
  c. Caring patterns are based in self-care and self-determination.
  d. Diagnoses are described as holistic.
  e. Treatment of disease can be magico-religious based.


Title: Compare the following statements. Which are considered predominant in non-Western cultures? (Select ...
Post by: JR251203 on Jan 18, 2018
ANS: B, D, E
Many non-Western cultures see the cause of illness as being an imbalance between humans and nature. Method of diagnosis is described as holistic, and treatment of illness is mixed to include magico-religious, supernatural herbal, biomedical, etc. Western cultures view the cause of illness as biomedical using scientific, high-tech methods of diagnosis.