Which health belief system uses treatments to repair a body part?
a. Holistic c. Personalistic
b. Biomedical d. Magicoreligious
B
Because dysfunction or a structural abnormality is thought to cause disease, the biomedical sys-tem believes in repairing the structural abnormality. The holistic system holds that health is at-tained through balance. The personalistic system uses treatments such as meditation, fasting, and praying. The magicoreligious system is the same as the personalistic system.
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