People from different cultures have their own perspectives on health and disease. Some cultures believe in using traditional medicine‚ and some believe in the healing power of praying and herbal healing. People are often affected by their own cultural beliefs when it comes to overcoming diseases and how they can find the right cure. Sometimes‚ religion and cultural beliefs get in the way of receiving proper medical help. Greeks prefer to be treated by praying rather than by a medical professional
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paper of the discipline “Cross Cultural Competence SS 2012” Made by: Brovchenko Ekaterina Dzyuba Stanislav Shushunina Tatiana 2012 Content Summary 1.Targets‚ tasks and problems of research During the last ten years aspects of cross-cultural competence provoke theoretical and practical
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found while researching can intertwine with our textbooks as well as my topic the LGBT community. One of the topics in the book is Cultural heterosexism (pg 268). “Cultural heterosexism refers to a dominant culture defining heterosexuality as the norm and anything else as deviant”(Koppelman‚2014‚pg 268). One of the sources I am using perfecting supports what the term means‚ Understanding issues facing LGBT Americans. The entire books provides a number of examples of how cultural heterosexism is a true
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home to one of the most culturally diverse populations in the world‚ and the population continues to grow (National Health and Medical Research Council‚ 2006). This expanding diversity creates a potpourri of cultural attitudes‚ beliefs and values unlike the dominant Westernised view. The cultural differences impact on how people understand and experience end-of-life in the country. Customary practices of caring for the terminally ill that permeates in most African communities differ vastly from that
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FAMILY CENTERED HEALTH PROMOTION NRS 429 V August 24‚ 2014 Cultural Heritage as a lot to do with one’s traditions‚ culture‚ ethnicity and the ways you perceive your life. Heritage his what differentiates one individual‚ families and communities to another. Every individual practice and follow their heritage based on one’s ethnicity‚ religion and cultural background
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ability to provide culturally skilled care which involves the ability to manage complex differences in attitudes‚ religion‚ world views and even language (Jones & Bourgeois‚ 2011). Culture is well-defined as the way of people live in a society. Cultural safety established as a concept in nursing practice in New Zealand with respect to health care for Maori people and later it progressed to provide quality care for people from different ethnicities and cultures. Therefore‚ nurses must provide the care
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Community Health Strategies Paper Access to Quality Health Care Access to quality health care is so vitally important in not only eliminating‚ but decreasing the prevalence of health problems and fatalities. By providing health care for all types of people‚ there will in turn be an increase in the years of life and quality for individuals involved. Healthy people 2010 strives to make health care accessible to all Americans no matter what their insurance‚ background or situation. The public
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How might developing cultural competence improve mental health services? Word Count 1692 Submission Date – 27th November 2012 Culture plays an important part in the development of a persons’ identity‚ relationships and influences behaviour (The Open University‚ 2010‚ p.74). Spencer (2003) states that the UK has become more culturally diverse based on varying factors such as economic‚ social and cultural globilisation; as a result of globilisation processes‚ boundaries that traditionally
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Introduction In this essay my aim is to describe and discuss my own Filipino cultural background and how it might influence my nursing practice. Culture is our way of living (Wepa‚ 2005). It is also shaped by our values‚ beliefs‚ norms‚ and practices that are shared by members of the same cultural group (Giger & Davidhizar‚ 1995). I will be discussing some of the values and traits that we Filipinos have in common such as pagmamano and po at opo or gestures that show respect to our elders‚ kagandahang
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to what I have learned in Cultural Competence in Research Symposium featuring the Bok Players. First time I attended the Cultural Competence in Research Symposium featuring the Bok Players. From this symposium I learned in what way the cultural difference in research influences that what we investigate‚ how we investigate‚ and how we interpret our findings. I learned how we can explore the complexities of issues in cultural differences in research. I learned how we can discuss and raise the issues
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