A client tells the nurse that her husband believes in taking herbs and centering his energies, but she only goes to see a doctor who is educated in the United States. The nurse realizes the client follows the traditional Western medical model or:
a. holistic medicine. c. allopathic medicine.
b. health promotion. d. contemporary medicine.
ANS: C
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