Culture and the Wellness Wheel

The ways that people respond to illness and potential treatments is individual. Some people will clamor for medical attention at the slightest hint of fever or sneezes that happen at too close an interval. Others will do everything in their power to avoid seeking medical aid even when they are bleeding profusely or hallucinating because of a high level of infection. Reasons why people react the way they do to illness or injury has a lot to do with the way in which that person was raised. Those that are dealt with by hypochondriac parents will, in turn, become worried adults. Similarly, those that are raised to deal with illness at home will usually be adults with similar perspectives. In many instances, the culture in which a person was reared will have a high degree of influence on the adult that the child becomes. For...
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