1. Ethnic background
Country of origin
Religion
Number of generations in U.S.
2. What does she do to maintain HEALTH? Also, if she can remember, what did her mother do?
3. What does she do to protect HEALTH? Also, if she can remember, what did her mother do?
4. What “home remedies” does she use to restore HEALTH? Also, if she can remember, what did her mother do?
5. How do her religious/spiritual beliefs define birth? What rituals accompany this event?
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6. How do her religious/spiritual beliefs define illness? What rituals accompany this event?
7. How do her religious/spiritual beliefs define healing? What rituals accompany this event?
8. How do her religious/spiritual beliefs define death? What rituals accompany this event?
(Since I retired from the Boston College Connell School of Nursing in 2003, I have continued to teach this class at Boston College in the Theology Department to nursing, premed, and students from many other majors, including education, man- agement, psychology, and political science. The course has been oversubscribed and well received by the students.)