Cultural Misunderstandings Darcy Lingg PSYC3540 – Culture‚ Ethnicity & Diversity Capella University March 2014 My example of a cultural misunderstanding is between a doctor and a Chinese patient. Are you drinking plenty of fluids? < Patient thoughts: I wonder why he is asking me that‚ what it is with these people and water > I don’t like the water here. It’s too cold. I don’t know what’s wrong with people here that they drink that. Really??? And what happens when you drink the
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University College Dublin National University of Ireland Bachelor of Science (Singapore) Cross Cultural Management Pre Course Assignment Lecturer: Dr. Richard Tan Student Name: Zefanya Amarya Titiheruw Student Number: 1320 7826 Intake: BSc20 (B) Word Count : 4047 words Part I Summary of Article December 8‚ 2013 – a riot involving 400 people took place in Little India at around 9 pm. The situation arises after the SCDF (Singapore Civil Defense Force) located
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Cultural and Parental Affects on Child Development How parent styles and culture can affect child development is an interesting question. Really the question isn’t how it can affect development but how will it affect child development. No matter where or how a child is raised it will be affected by both parent styles and culture‚ even if it’s a lack of them. Parents parent in many different styles. It would be close to impossible to cover all the different styles that people use or state
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For example one of the programs we could fund more and provide the citizens with beneficial help is health care. I believe that universal healthcare is a given right as a society in a wealthy country like ours. It would improve the health of those that can’t afford regular health care as it would stop medical bankruptcies‚ it would also lessen the burden on companies to provide health care for their employees and with universal health anyone who isn’t insured will become insured. Universal health
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documentary did a good job painting the picture of why it’s important for Americans to receive a universal health care‚ I was never against it nor was I for it; after watching this documentary it opened my eyes about my country and my fellow Americans who are desperate for health treatment. This documentary moved me merely because of the comparison of different nations. Country’s that provide universal health care gave stress-free to their citizens in regards to health problems. I’m disgusted by the
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Importance of Understanding Cultural Competence Cultural competence is not a new concept for me because I have been working as a phlebotomist at the hospital since 2008. As a phlebotomist‚ obviously my main role is to interact with different people to withdraw blood sample by venipuncture. Even I was trained to be a professional‚ polite‚ and cultural understanding health care
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whether or not Universal Health Care should be granted has been very controversial ever since the early 1800s. With Universal Health Care‚ all members of society would be given health care and it would be paid for by our general tax funds. On the other hand‚ Privatized Health Care allows only the insured members of society to receive it and the insurance is paid for by employers or individuals. Between the two‚ there are problems that arise if one is chosen over the other. Universal Health Care is
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What is Cultural Literacy Can it Truly Exist ? Cultural Literacy. What is it? How can one define it? Is it knowing the answers to questions such as: who are Joseph Stalin and Frederick Douglass? Who fought in WWI? What was the Louisiana purchase? What is the second commandment? Name an amendment to the constitution? Try this on for size‚ who is the host of Total Request Live on MTV? Who is J. Lo engaged to? Cultural literacy is knowledge of what one should know in order to be a functional member
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Cultural Values Essay: The definition of value is “The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance or preciousness of something (Dictionary.com).” For example something valuable would be before my grandma passed away she gave me a necklace that is something valuable to me because of her giving me a necklace that came from her. Cultural value is the commonly held standards of what is acceptable or unacceptable‚ important or unimportant‚ right or wrong‚ workable or unworkable‚ etc.‚
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3 2. Cultural Tourism 3 3. Where Can Cultural Tourism Be Found 3 4. Resources Required in Cultural Tourism 4 5. Businesses‚ Suppliers and Partners in Cultural Tourism 4 6. Target Audience 5 7. How it is attractive 5 8. Challenges and Issues 6 9. Possible Solutions 7 References 8 1. Introduction Cultural tourism is the topic that will be discussed on and the country of choice is Turkey. The resources‚ businesses‚ suppliers and partners that are involved with cultural tourism
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