If an American Indian woman has come to the clinic to seek help with regulating her diabetes, then the nurse can expect that she:
a. Will comply with the treatment prescribed.
b. Has obviously given up her belief in naturalistic causes of disease.
c. May also be seeking the assistance of a shaman or medicine man.
d. Will need extra help in dealing with her illness and may be experiencing a crisis of faith.
ANS: C
When self-treatment is unsuccessful, the individual may turn to the lay or folk healing systems, to spiritual or religious healing, or to scientific biomedicine. In addition to seeking help from a biomedical or scientific health care provider, patients may also seek help from folk or religious healers.
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