The human understanding of illness can be either naturalistic, viewing the cause of illness from holistic natural forces, or magicoreligious, believing illness comes from supernatural sources. In contrast, the scientific understanding focuses on mechanical causation and objective assessment of bodily functions, separating the natural and supernatural.

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4- Differentiate between the human and the scientific
understanding of the illness.
4. The human understanding of illness can be naturalistic in
which the cause of illness is from a holistic perspective,
controlled by forces of nature. Another approach to the
understanding of illness is the magicoreligious approach, which
believes that everything comes from a supernatural source.
Scientific approach focus on illness causation and assessing
body functions more or less mechanically. (Jarvis, 2012)
References
Ball, J. W., Dains, J. E., Flynn, J. A., Solomon, B. S., &
Stewart, R. W. (2015). Seidels guide to physical examination.
St. Louis, MI: Elsevier Mosby.
Jarvis, C., Thomas, P., & Strandberg, K. (2012). Physical
examination & health assessment. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier
Saunders.