While assessing a patient from the jewish culture, the nurse learns that the patient believes that an illness is being caused by another soul. what is this health belief considered?

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Wilson Burns

Biology

6 March, 22:27

While assessing a patient from the jewish culture, the nurse learns that the patient believes that an illness is being caused by another soul. what is this health belief considered?

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Cannon Galloway · Answer 1

This health belief is considered a Demonic theory of disease.

According to this theory, disease is caused by evil spirits that supposedly possess and take hostage of victims’ bodies. The cause of disease is not seen as an internal malfunctioning of bodily systems or organs; but rather, disease is caused by an external demonic spirit possessing a body.