Author Question: A patient who utilizes the biomedical health belief system would be most likely to respond to ... (Read 26 times)

kwoodring · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

A patient who utilizes the biomedical health belief system would be most likely to respond to interventions by a/an

a. diviner.
b. shaman.
c. herbalist.
d. physician.

Question 2

A nursing instructor is working with a Native-American student nurse. When the student is late for the first clinical day, the instructor states, I'm not surprised she's late; Native-American students are always late.

The instructor's statement is an example of
a. prejudice.
b. stereotyping.
c. ethnocentrism.
d. discrimination.

yahahah24021 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
A physician cures disease based on the biomedical health belief system. The other options refer to persons who cure disease based on the personalistic health belief system.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Stereotyping is an assumption used to describe all members of a specific group without exception. It is an expectation that all individuals in a group will act exactly the same in a situation just because they are members of that group. Stereotyping ignores the individual differences that occur within every cultural group.