professional. My goal to practice in an underserved community can be achieved by attending UCSF School of Pharmacy. UCSF values diversity and health disparities and it is situated in an area where there is a diverse population. As a first generation trilingual Taiwanese student‚ I can utilize my multicultural background to serve the Chinese immigrant communities‚ bridge cultural differences‚ and break the language barrier by providing patient consultations‚ improving medication adherence‚ and administering
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individually held beliefs‚ and practices including religious. Knowledge about cultures and its impact on interactions with health care is essential for nurses‚ whether they are practicing in a clinical setting‚ education‚ research‚ or administration. Cultural diversity addresses racial and ethnic differences; however‚ these concepts or features of the human experience are not synonymous. It is critical that nurses understand that culture is neither static nor deterministic. That is‚ just because a client is
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HOW DO THE CARIBBEAN PEOPLE RESPOND TO OPPRESSION? 2. OPPRESSION Oppression is the experience of repeated‚ widespread‚ systemic injustice. It need not be extreme and involve the legal system (as in slavery‚ apartheid‚ or the lack of right to vote) nor violent (as in tyrannical societies). 3. What Really happened Between 1662 and 1807‚ Britain shipped 3.1 million Africans across the Atlantic ocean in the transatlantic slave trade. Africans were forcibly brought to British owned colonies in the Caribbean
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very unique and integral part of Amreican history‚with a very rich and beautiful cultural background.There are over 558 federally recognized tribes in America right now‚and another 126 who have applied for federal recognition.At the time of first contact with Europeans‚ the United states was fully occupied by Indian Nations and some 300 Indian languages existed‚approximately 106 of which are still spoken.The diversity and hetrogeneity of the American Indian community cannot be overstated. According
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John Thompson’s Interview: Cultural Diversity John Thompson is one of my good Caucasian friend’s from high school. He was very fortunate growing up with his family but was also very hard working as well. He is twenty-five years old and was born was born in Utah but raised in Raleigh‚ NC. He proceeds to tell me about the American culture from his view which interests me so much because of my different cultural background. Our dialogic conversation consisted of: INTERVIEW Me: What is your definition
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rest of the population‚ a privileged group played government positions in the capital of the Empire one of its provinces‚ in the military or as a religious minister and others in various activities such as agriculture‚ livestock and trade. As cultural diversity Ottoman Empire (population up by pardons from different cultures‚ who speak several languages and different religions) was one of its characteristics and Indian Mughal domain before there were various independent cities with ancient traditions
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Task 1 There are many cultures that share similarities and differences in this world. Two cultures that are different in their traditions and rituals‚ though similar in their sexuality and beliefs are the Chinese and Filipino. Both cultures’ beliefs‚ sexualities‚ rituals‚ values‚ and traditions have changed over time due to the influence of other cultures and the media. The Chinese and Filipino celebrate different traditions that are held each year. Generally Chinese believe in Buddhism and the
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Do you know who lives in your neighborhood? Your town? Your state? Your country? Bet the answer is "of course" — and well‚ “maybe not.” Many of us don’t get out much — unless we’re heading to an interview or the bar down the street. On the weekends‚ we more or less stick to our familiar surroundings‚ whatever they may be. So we could quite easily miss a big story going on right under our noses: That is‚ who is living where. The majority of the members of my community do look like me. My
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Cultural Diversity around the World 1. How does the sworn virgins of Albania help to explain what gender is? The term gender role is used to signify all those things that a person says or does to disclose him or herself as having the status of female or male. Depending of our gender‚ society dictates what is expected of us; our attitudes and behaviors. Biologically‚ gender classifications are universal‚ we are either born as a male or female however‚ each culture has it owns guidelines for
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Cultural Diversity in Health Care Heritage Assessment Tool This tool is a helpful way to evaluate a person as a whole because it reflects on the individual’s cultural background and ethnicity. The questions were focused on how the individual grew up as a child; progressing to adulthood and the age he/she came to the United States. This is a very important question to incorporate in the study matter because it shows how long the individual practiced the kind of culture that he/ she was in. Closeness
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