communication‚ and technological aspects‚ leads one to address the concept of cultural diversity or multiculturalism. Cultural diversity in the health-care system touches lives of many Americans in one way or another. No matter what our own cultural background is‚ when we go receive medical care‚ we may encounter a care giver who comes from a different cultural background than ours(Naylor 1997‚291).. In the concept of cultural diversity‚ it can be recognized that two terms are equally important. The
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referred to as the norms of culture. But what happens when we decide for whatever reason to break or breach the cultural norm. How do we feel before‚ during and after the event? What way are we perceived in our cultural society after carrying out this act? All very interesting questions to ask. To find out a little more on this topic I decided to carry out an act of breaching the cultural norm. This was a case study to analyse my feeling and the feelings of others who were present at the time . So
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or the morality of abortion‚ but rather how abortion fits into ones cultural perspective. In theology‚ some cultural perspective value woman’s right to abortion‚ while others degrade woman’s rights of their own body. The support varies between cultural perspectives. Thus‚ cultural perspective is what makes up a person and represents who they are‚ in which‚ it is where ones philosophies and ideals are engrained from. In many cultural perspectives‚ woman are often oppressed or degraded. They are less
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of cultures‚ as the foundation of America. There is no single culture‚ that can offer us a single set of moral values or normative. The diversities of America‚ consists of religious and moral viewpoints. A multicultural society recognizes the “cultural diversity to the extent that all cultures within a given region are fairly represented in public life and education” (Rosenstand G-4). There are moral viewpoints that would best deal with the value differences in a multicultural society‚ like America
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Sociocultural Perspectives on Health 161 – Essay Assignment Length: 1‚800 words Value: 40% Due: Thursday April 19‚ 2012 at 4:00p.m. ‘Social and economic policies have a determining impact on whether a child can grow and develop to its full potential and live a flourishing life‚ or whether its life will be blighted. Increasingly the nature of the health problems rich and poor countries have to solve are converging. The development of a society‚ rich or poor‚ can be judged by the quality
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I am not a label. No matter how hard anyone tries to fit me under a label‚ or define me as something I am not‚ it will not work. I am a mixture‚ a melting pot of many different cultures and beliefs. My own unique cultural identity is compiled from many aspects of my life‚ like my ethnicities‚ my parents’ backgrounds and food; they all come together to make me who I am and who I define myself as. All the time I get asked‚ “What are you?” To quickly get it over with I always “round” my ethnicities
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civilizations through the ideas of cultural diffusion. Cultural diffusion is the exchanging and adaptation of ideas amongst people of the world. It is a constant force that allows us to accept and modify an idea to mold into our own world. Throughout great civilizations of history‚ the idea of cultural diffusion has spread and continues to spread in present time. This idea usually enforces contact between neighboring strangers. McNeill addresses the specific issue of how cultural diffusion came to shape
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The goal of anthropology is to learn about people in all spaces and times. Specifically‚ cultural anthropology aims to study how contemporaneous populations understand and organize the world around them‚ both socially and environmentally‚ as well as how they view and treat themselves and others. Four articles‚ which impacted how I think about cultural anthropology‚ are interwoven by concepts of ethics‚ power‚ identity‚ and environment. The main goal of the code of ethics should be to protect human
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Culture identity is not about what skin color you are or who has the highest grade in the class. Cultural Identity is about what traditions or interest that makes yourself become you. My cultural identity is mainly made up with my love of dance ‚ sports ‚food ‚ music ‚ and family. Without any of these interest i couldn’t see myself being the person i am today. As a child my mom and dad always told me “Makayla it doesn’t matter what you’re doing or the mood your in you’re always dancing.” The same
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influenced by society’s idea of “normality”‚ and the values within it. But those are not the only elements that I can say influenced who I am. My personal experiences‚ feelings‚ and religious background have also had an extensive impact on my cultural identity. Growing up in a Muslim household‚ my parents and siblings were very set in their religious beliefs‚ and I felt compelled to follow them. When I turned 14 I realized that I did not have these same beliefs. For example‚ after being more
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