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hbsimmons88 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A Chinese client is hospitalized with a fever of unknown origin and follows a very traditional, cultural view of illness. Which of the following foods will the client prefer?

1. Hot tea
2. Warm soup
3. Spicy meat
4. Cold liquids

Question 2

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?

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

Dinolord · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: In this case, the fever would be considered a hot illness and the client is not likely to select this treatment.
Rationale 2: In this case, the fever would be considered a hot illness and the client is not likely to select this treatment.
Rationale 3: In this case, the fever would be considered a hot illness and the client is not likely to select this treatment.
Rationale 4: The concept of yin and yang in the Chinese culture is an example of a holistic health belief. A Chinese client who has a yang illness, or a hot illness, may prefer a yin or cold treatment. In this case, the fever would be considered a hot illness and the client may prefer the opposite or yin treatment.

Answer to Question 2

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.