ways‚ but one of the most important is the cultural aspects that comes with it. The many different languages patient and providers can‚ and perhaps more importantly‚ cannot speak‚ the beliefs of our elderly patients‚ customs that are unique to them‚ food‚ traditions‚ practices‚ rituals‚ all these must be taken into consideration when providing care to our elderly population. Thus module 4 was the highlight of the course thus far. It is of essence that cultural competence be practiced within the healthcare
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The largest indicators of my culture consist of my ethnicity and urban environment. My culture is celebrating life and seasonal changes. My culture is embracing my spirituality and thanking my ancestors and the creator for my existence (not religion). I am vegetarian-pescatarian transitioning to a vegan lifestyle. Education and giving back are important in my culture. I am a very passionate person that takes self and uplifting others serious. My culture consists of annual family gatherings‚ kin keeping
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This week’s topic was how cultural norms can influence behaviors and outcomes. The sociocultural perspective people is the world view people have because of the environment they grew up. There are so many different cultures in this world‚ and because of globalization the differences between the cultures is not something only anthropologist study‚ but because of technology‚ more people get exposed to on a daily basis. Personally‚ when I grew up I did not get much exposure to other cultures and when
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virtues. Virtue is one of the most important parts of the Chinese culture‚ virtues impact how Chinese think‚ behave and treat people. As a traditional Chinese‚ I grew up in this conventional circumstances then move to the United States for another cultural influence and the combination of both cultures give the identity I have for today. One of the virtues is in school; students must obey their teachers and do everything teachers ask them to do. I followed it before I moved to the United States and
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Throughout the ensuing paper we will dive into a country of rich heritage‚ beautiful landscape‚ and an extraordinary people with a very promising future. Chile is the longest country in the world geographically speaking with a majority of the population residing in the central region‚ specifically Santiago‚ the capital‚ and Viña del Mar. The official language is Spanish‚ although in some regions a couple of other languages are still prevalent. Politically‚ the country has gone through many transitions
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I. Introduction II. Brief Discussion of Belgium’s relevant history III. Geographical Setting a. Location - between France (S) and Holland (N); Germany and Luxembourg (E); and North Sea (W) b. Climate - Belgium has temperate weather‚ warm in summer (May to September) and cool to cold in winter‚ with snow very likely. temperate; mild winters‚ cool summers; rainy‚ humid‚ cloudy c. d. Topography - The coastal region‚ extending about 16–48 km (10–30 mi) inland‚ consists
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Geography Australia is both the smallest and oldest continent in the world‚ and it is the only country that is also a continent. [1] It is an island located between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific‚ just south of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. At 2‚941‚299 square miles‚ Australia is the sixth-largest country in the world and only about 150‚000 square miles (about the size of Montana) smaller than the continental United States. Its interior land is a flat and sparsely populated desert
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I never realized how experiencing a different culture would impact my life for the good. Experiencing a different culture made me aware of how lucky I am to live in the United states‚ how people can come together in times of need‚ how loving and caring people who are less fortunate than me can be‚ and how truly blessed I am to live in a safe environment. I am so blessed to have been given the opportunity to go to Guatemala on a church mission trip. That week of my life changed me forever. It all
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From the innumerable occasions where androgyny has become a supportive part of the subculture or mainstream culture‚ its physical connotation has continuously been challenged and appropriated into a unique identity belonging to a specific culture (Eldridge‚ 2013). Despite so‚ its poetic has remained unabated through these perpetual perceptible changes (Ibid.). Throughout the evidences of its involvement‚ one can argue that the unchanging rationale of androgyny itself provides non-binary gender performance
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tuBrittaney Barfield English 105WS 1pm 10/23/2011 Ancient Greek Theatre In this essay I’m going to be writing about Ancient Greek Theatre the origins of it and how effects the modern world Theatre. The question I’m going to answer in this essay is how did Greek Theatre represent Greek culture? I’m going to use a variety of sources in this essay to provide historic information about Ancient Greek Theatre. I’m also going to look into the culture’s practices of citizenship‚ philosophies
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