February 4‚ 2011 Cultural Competence in Physical Therapy Practice To be culturally competent physical therapists need to understand their own world view and those of the patient‚ while avoiding stereotyping and misapplication of scientific knowledge (cross‚ et al. 1989). Therapists must take into account eight characteristics that involve the dimensions of diversity: age‚ race‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ ethnicity‚ mental and physical activity‚ religion and socioeconomic status. But before they
Premium Health care Health care provider Illness
THE CULTURAL WEB BEFORE HOWARD STRINGER Organizational culture sometimes influences the organizations strategy if taken for granted. Culture has played a role in Sony’s current financial difficulties. They had power blocks which hindered the flow of communication and corporation between the management‚ designers‚ production and marketing. The Cultural Web‚ developed by Gerry Johnson and Kevan Scholes in 1992‚ provides one such approach for looking at and changing your organization ’s culture
Premium Management Organizational culture Organizational studies and human resource management
United States has always been the “melting pot” of various racial and ethnic groups. In spite of the sides of our history where each group experienced prejudice and discrimination on different levels past and present‚ our nation is still rich with cultural diversity. From this I have learned a lot over the last nine weeks about my culture‚ other cultures‚ and the possible future if all of us come together to become a more pluralistic society. I began to understand the classification of subordinate
Premium United States Minority group
What is the importance of cultural competency in nursing practice? Support your response. We as part of the health care team need to understand all cultures in order to provide holistic Nursing care. Being culture competent is more than just knowing what each culture traditional norms are‚ it is knowing one’s own beliefs and values and being able to put these aside when providing care. Since each culture and religion perceives diseases‚ treatments and value of life differently we as nurses need
Premium Medicine Sociology Culture
Cultural Pluralism Since the immigrants first arrived from other countries to the United States‚ they were having a hard in the U.S.A. It is long‚ hard and painful. They thought they could have a better life in the U.S.A; the true is there was many problems are waiting for them. Because of immigrants usually don’t speak the dominate language of U.S.A‚ so the only jobs they could do is the lower class job with low paying. So immigrants are having hard time to live in the U.S.A; But sine have more
Premium Immigration to the United States Japan Race
Cultural Biography Cultural backgrounds can change the way we define ourselves‚ other people‚ and all other things. Cultural backgrounds can shape how we view the world‚ and must be taken into account when teaching students of different backgrounds in our classrooms. I will define my own cultural background and how it affects me‚ and then I interviewed someone‚ Curtis from (and currently resides) Chicago‚ from a complete different background. I grew up in Charleston Illinois for the most
Free Middle class Social class Working class
Cultural relativism holds that there is no universal morality that is common among all cultures. Specifically‚ in an article on cultural relativism James Rachels states the following characteristics of cultural relativism: 1) Different societies have different moral codes; 2) There is no objective standard that can be used to judge one societal code better than another; 3) The moral code of our own society has no special status; it is merely one among many; 4) There is no "universal truth"
Premium Cultural relativism Morality Culture
Journey of an Ethnic Orphan: Cultural Essay Over the past 100 years my family has come from many places of origin Lebanon‚ Spain‚ Ireland‚ Russia‚ Germany and many others. over the past century there’s been a breakdown and separation amongst the family and its traditions that we used to have. There’s so much left to my imagination regarding my culture and ethnicity‚ but there is some that I am aware of from questioning people such as my mother‚ father‚ grandmother and other extended family members
Premium Family Grandparent
Cultural factors affecting consumer buying behaviour: Cultural factors have a significant impact on customer behavior.Culture is the most basic cause of a person’s wants and behavior. Growing up‚ children learn basic values‚ perception and wants from the family and other important groups. Marketers are always trying to spot “cultural shifts” which might point to new products that might be wanted by customers or to increased demand. | Consumer purchases are influenced strongly by or there are
Premium Sociology Psychology Utility
Cultural Differences COM/360 November 12‚ 2012 The movie Crash (2004) is about a handful of disparate people’s lives intertwined as they deal with the tense race relations that belie life in the city of Los Angelos over a thirty-six hour period. All the players involved in the movie are: a Caucasian district attorney‚ his Caucasian wife who believes her stereotypical views are justified‚ therefore they’re not racist; two black carjackers that use their race to their advantage; two Caucasian
Premium Culture Intercultural competence