ineffective‚ healthcare becomes ineffective Although certain basic healthcare principles apply to all clients/patients‚ regardless of their background‚ . Everyone‚ even the best-trained health professionals‚ makes assumptions based on their own culture and background. Perhaps without even realizing it‚ healthcare providers may make assumptions about how the cultural values and beliefs of clients/patients will affect their understanding of health information or will determine their preferences for
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Cultural Competence in Counseling In today’s society there is a multitude of culturally diverse individuals. As a mental health counselor it is not only in my best interest to make sure that I am aware of my own cultural heritage‚ but it is also my responsibility to insure that I am aware of my client’s cultural heritage. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how culturally different I am from a client in the following case study Jia is a young Asian woman who immigrated
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addition to the arts and letters‚ the value systems‚ traditions‚ modes of life and beliefs of the society. It also absorbs from other cultures and undergoes changes with time‚ sometimes beneficial‚ sometimes regressive. When the word "culture" is mentioned‚ we can think of many things as "cultural"‚ such as language‚ clothings... etc‚ because we classify cultures of different places. However‚ culture is so valuable that it has to be kept for thousands of years‚and passed on by one generation to
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Cultural Considerations War is hard on anyone involved; however‚ it is especially hard on the children who are forced to live with it or in close proximity to it. Children typically lack the worldview to process the level of violence that occurs during war. The Nigerian children who were rescued from the refugee camp lived in extremely poor conditions and before arriving there were subjected to serious events that may change them forever. They are likely suffering from some severe psychological
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Personal Cultural Background A person’s identity is unique and has a foundation of various sources. These sources may be different for every person‚ ranging from a person’s upbringing to a person’s religion. This paper will define cultural background and examine the multiple sources that make up my own personal cultural background that helped mold my individual identity. Furthermore‚ the paper will speculate on the extent to which my current identity has been molded by assimilation‚ acculturation
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1-Describe your family (origin‚ class‚ education…………etc). My family moved to the United States from India when I was about 4. Their class is high because in India‚ you are either rich or poor. My mom has a Master’s degree in Physics and my dad has a Bachelors in Accounting. Education is very important in my family. We used to get math books for our birthdays. It sucked. 2-Your neighborhood-other factors: religion-disabilities-social class…….We moved around. In Georgia‚ it was a very black neighborhood
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Cultural Background Summary Culture is defined as the system of shared beliefs‚ values‚ customs‚ behaviors‚ and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world and with one another‚ and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning. Culture helps to understand how things are created‚ developed‚ managed and changed. Each culture is unique‚ People will not find any culture that is exactly like another culture but they can find many similarities. Some similarities
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Fisher Cultural Background My cultural background can be described as very unpleasant‚ I had it hard from all races. My own culture put me down because I was light skin and red hair‚ other culture groups put me down because I was black. From the time I started school until my first year of High School‚ I was known to some races as being to good and yet to another race not being good enough. I learned later on in school that appearance do not reveal much about each other’s backgrounds and experiences
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shared beliefs‚ values‚ customs‚ behaviors‚ and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world and with one another‚ and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning. Culture helps us understand how things are created‚ developed‚ managed and changed. Each culture is unique‚ I do not think people will find any culture that is exactly like another culture but I think that they can find many similarities. Some similarities that I have noticed are their dedication
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141 Maundaari Shirer 711 6\1\13 Personal Narrative My blatant lack of care for religion was entirely influenced by my cultural background. My nescient views were caused by a heated dispute between me and my parents. My experience growing up is and will be significantly altered by this moment in my life 2 years ago. My cultural background has an impact on my life growing up‚ as well as how I felt at the time and the significance of the event. The event was intense as it had
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