HP 365gmw Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Diabetes Mellitus Type 1, Chronic Pain, Animism
16 Apr 2020
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A set of guidelines which tells us how to view the world, how to experience it emotionally, and how to behave in it. Transmitted from one generation to the next through language, symbols, art, and rituals: define at a population level. Encompasses social history over generations, rituals, beliefs, and material artifacts: define at an individual level. Heritage as well as circumstances and personal choice, but may be affected by race, ethnicity, age, language, country of origin, acculturation, sexual orientation, gender, ses, religious beliefs, physical abilities and occupation. Define illness and give an example: refers to the feelings that might come with having a with having a disease. Feelings like pain, fatigue, weakness, discomfort, distress, confusion, dysfunction, etc. Define disease and give an example: refers to the abnormal condition affecting an organism. This abnormal condition could be due to infection, degeneration of tissue, injury/trauma, toxic exposure, development of cancer, etc.
