People of different cultures embrace different health-care practices to deal with their health and needs. Nurses in the United States predominantly practice the western model; however, they may be exposed to eastern models during the course of their career and should be acknowledged. Which of the following is an example of an eastern model of health care?

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A.Incorrect. Empirical science is the foundation of western health care.
B.Correct. Integration of the mind, body, and spirit, along with a variety of traditional eastern remedies (ethnomedicine), describes the eastern model of health care.
C.Incorrect. Nanotechnology is an important part of emerging technology in the western philosophy of health care.
D.Incorrect. Bioenergetics, along with robotics and nanotechnology are all current and future components of the western model of care.

People of Different Cultures Embrace Different Health-Care Practices to Deal