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Interesting Fact & Idea
The Mien people believe the hospital is haunted. At night, the spirits of the dead rove the corridors like a poisonous wind. In their minds, the hospital is a forbidding forest of restless souls and muffled cries.
In their language, there is no word for cancer or antibiotics. They don't believe in surgery or "bad news." They believe in herbal remedies, in bodily humors, in animal sacrifice and tribal shamansin appeasement. They believe illness is caused by evil spirits, by ancestral transgressions, by ineluctable destiny. With no philosophic immune system, to speak, they are resigned to their mortality, however premature...
Since sickness is perceived as a communal affliction, often the entire Mien clan will attempt to crowd into the hospital room to witness the proceedings. In grave cases, even the shaman might appear to perform a rite.
Relate the difference between Magico-Religious, Holistic and/or Biomedical approaches of health care to this scenario.
Question 1: Explain what the texts says about Magico-Religious, Holistic and/or Biomedical approaches of health care and why it varies from culture to culture.
Question 2: What is the differences between Magico-Religious, Holistic and/or Biomedical approaches of health care?