An older patient learns that he has metastatic cancer. The patient states: "I must have angered God." This is an example of which type of belief?
a. Biomedical
b. Magico-religious
c. Naturalistic
d. Ayurvedic
ANS: B
Magico-religious: views illness as caused by actions of a higher authority.
Biomedical: views disease as a result of abnormalities in structure and function and disease caused by intrusion of pathogens into the body.
Naturalistic: based on the concepts of balance. Health is seen as a sign of balance.
Ayurvedic: the oldest known paradigm in the naturalistic system. Illness is seen as an imbalance.
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