A patient's daughter approaches a nurse to explain that upon his death, female nurses should not touch him. The family also asks that the body remain completely covered with his feet turned toward Mecca. The nurse identifies that the family is
1. Buddhist.
2. Jewish.
3. Muslim.
4. Orthodox.
ANS: 3
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