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    Heritage Assessment

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    Heritage Assessment Cultural competency is an essential part of nursing. Catering to the population of the United States as a nurse‚ one must embrace the cultures of others to provide competent care that will address the needs of the patient in a holistic manner. Beliefs of health management and care differ for all cultures. Being familiar with all backgrounds and cultures is a key factor in providing culturally appropriate care for patients. Illness and the care for illness and disease

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    Though very few remember him‚ Mesmer’s interpretation of animal magnetism marked the beginning of mental therapy as we understand it today. At a time when methods reminiscent of medieval superstitions were being viewed with suspicion. His theories bridged the gap between ancient superstitions and modern psychotherapy. Franz Anton Mesmer (1733-1815) was born on the 23rd of May 1733 at the village of Iznang near Switzerland‚ on the German side of Bodensee (Lake Constance). He was originally intended

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    promoting childbirth and treating diseases. Women alongside men visited the sweat baths that were mostly associated with women. Women received frequent sweat baths after and before giving birth to ensure a triumphant reproduction. Women‚ who were healers‚ evaluated the prognosis and the causes of illness through different kinds of divination. Currently in Mesoamerica‚ the ideal interpretation of divination needs dialogue between the diviner and the client. The client gives information on his or her

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    Name | God(dess) of... | Bathala | The supreme god of the Tagalogs; creator of man and earth and addressed sometimes as Bathalang Maykapal. He dwells in Kaluwalhatian together with the lesser gods and goddesses. Aside from the lesser gods and goddesses‚ he sent his anitos in order to assist the daily lives of every human. When most of the natives were converted to Christianity during the Spanish Era‚ he was referred to the Christian God.[2] | Amanikable | The ill-tempered god of the sea because

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    Hmong elderly. They should also reflect regularly on how their cultural inquiries are affecting themselves and how they perceive the culture that they are examining. Understand that the Hmong culture has other ways of healing elders through spiritual healers and that they should respect those values. The health care worker should be careful not to generalize the Hmong culture by presuming situations and conditions simply because they are Hmong. Understand that even though their culture is different‚ there

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    Life’s Success and Failures Interview Dr. Rodrigo “Babes” Rodrigo By: Jemavel Tenorio Naoe (#26) Sophia Anne Villar Saquilayan (#38) 1- G Medical Technology Personal Profile: Name: Rodrigo S. Rodrigo Age: 63 Date of Birth: June 4‚ 1951 Adress: Quezon‚ City Nationality: Filipino Religion: Catholic Occupation: Physician (Specialization Clinical Pathology) Educational Background: Medical Technology (UST) Medicine Proper (UST) Masters in Hospital

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    Witch hunting in Adivasi Society (Special Reference to North Bengal) Malay saha‚ research scholar‚department of history North Bengal University Adivasi is an umbrella term for a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups believed to be the aboriginal population of India. They comprise a substantial indigenous minority of the population of India.

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    Chapter 20: The Changing Life of People Marriage and Family Extended and Nuclear Families Extended family was when one spouse of a new marriage goes to live with the other spouse’s family‚ opposed to living on their own. a. Provided security for adults and children in traditional agrarian peasant economies. Nuclear families were when married couples create their own households. Typically during this time people did not marry young because they could not yet economically support themselves.

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    Heritage Assessment Every individual has a cultural heritage. Each culture views the world differently. Culture is an inherited characteristic and includes knowledge‚ beliefs‚ customs‚ skills‚ likes and dislikes. The fundamental role of cultural heritage is uniting‚ respecting the diversities and brings people together to face the future by informing‚ perceiving and give importance to the understanding of the past (need a reference) Heritage assessment tool was introduced for collecting information

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    Mexican American Folk Healing Trorrer and Chavira make mention of el Niño Fidencio in countless areas of the book. It is mentioned that one of the most important spiritualist movement is based on “the life teaching‚ and the spirit of a famous young folk healer (now dead) from northern Mexico el Niño Fidencio” (1997:35). Even today el Niño is an important figure in many aspects of the belief system and practice associated with the Curanderismo folk healing. History plays a major role in culture when it comes

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