A client makes the following statement: "I must be paying for all the wrongs I did in my life, to have such a diagnosis as this." The nurse understands that this client views health from which of the following beliefs?

Question

1. Magico-religious belief
2. Holistic health belief
3. Biomedical health belief
4. Folk medicine

Answer 1

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: In the magico-religious health belief view, health and illness are controlled by supernatural forces. The client may believe that illness is the result of "being bad" or opposing God's will.
Rationale 2: The holistic health belief holds that the forces of nature must be maintained in balance or harmony. Human life is one aspect of nature that must be in harmony with the rest of nature.
Rationale 3: Biomedical health belief, also scientific belief, is based on the belief that life and life processes are controlled by physical and biochemical processes that can be manipulated by humans.
Rationale 4: Folk medicine is defined as those beliefs and practices related to illness prevention and healing that derive from cultural traditions rather than from modern medicine's scientific base.