Cultural differences can pose problems for health care workers. In the case of Linda Gorman‚ she is faced with the decision to report a woman for child abuse‚ or chalk it up to cultural differences. The question shouldn’t be whether or not she should report Mrs. Saeto‚ but rather‚ are Mrs. Saeto’s actions really considered child abuse? The answer to this can get muddled in cultural beliefs. For Americans‚ her actions qualify as abusive because Mrs. Saeto is unnecessarily causing harm to baby Marie
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What is cultural relativism‚ and how does the vision of ethics associated with it diverge from the traditional ethical theories? Cultural relativism is attempting to understanding and respects another culture’s beliefs and morals according to their culture and not our own. Right and wrong from one culture may not be the same in another culture. Something considered moral and right in one culture may be rude or completely immoral to another culture‚ cultural relativism says that morals are specific
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Disney Adapts to Cultural Differences I grew up watching Disney as a kid‚ and still even enjoy some of the shows that are aired today; I am not ashamed to admit it.. Ok maybe a little bit‚ but that is beside the point. Disney is the perfect idea for kids of all ages and backgrounds because every story that is told empowers the youth to enjoy their life‚ no matter the circumstances. I know that was true for me because when I would watch Disney channel on the television or watch a Disney animated
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Grading System: Experiments (Total of 8) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60% Midterm (4)‚ Finals (4) Breakdown of the 60%: • Pre-Lab --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15% o Research (Data Sheets‚ Write-Ups) • Experimentation ----------------------------------------------------------------- 15% o Materials (No Materials no experiment) o Experiment Results (Hand Written Short
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American & Iranian Cultural Differences Student Name ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor Name Date Introductory Why do some cultures treat women with the up most respect and others as if they were lower than life itself? Growing up in earlier years the only examples we as American’s had was just by what we were told. In today’s world we are able to communicate better and see more of how the cultures are in other countries. In America all are treated with equal
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Cultural differences and translation of idioms Language and culture are closely connected and inseparable‚ as a language idiom is the essence of the deposition of the fascinating history and culture. Because of geography‚ history‚ religion‚ customs and other aspects of life differences between Chinese and English Idioms carrying characteristics of the different cultures and cultural information‚ so English-Chinese Idioms often encounter many difficulties. From the geographical environment‚ historical
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entity. Their actions as a group are the result of local contacts and temporary synchronizations. These forms of collective performances are responsible for numerous ongoing cultural‚ social‚ and political transformations.” (Fischer-Lichte‚ 2009:1) It is within this social frame of performative collectives that counter-narratives take form. Such narratives conjure a linear view of history subverting it by disclosing subcultural living. This‚ unfolds new perspectives on history mediated by a non-commercial
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Occupational Therapy & People with Intellectual Disability from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds Individual values are important in healthcare and it is important for providers to understand the concept of cultural competence to provide cross-cultural therapy for all clients. Francisco and Carlson (2002) pioneered a qualitative research study to determine how cultural differences and language barriers affect the quality of care within the realm of occupational therapy (OT). This study used the findings
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Article St. Anne-Mayo astrocytoma grading system Dr Jeremy Jones and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. The St Anne-Mayo grading system (also known as the Dumas-Duport grading sustem) introduced in 1988 is one of the more popular systems for grading diffuse astrocytomas 1-3. It is a 4 tiered system (like the WHO grading system) and uses the presence of 4 morphologic criteria to assign a grade: 1. nuclear atypia 2. mitosis 3. endothelial proliferation-’piled-up’ endothelial cells. NOT hypervascularity
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Cultural Differences in Prenatal Care A Comparison of White versus African American Prenatal Care Ideally‚ a pregnancy is planned‚ and the appropriate pre-conception steps are taken to ensure a healthy pregnancy. But we all know that that is not always the case. So‚ we begin by asking ourselves‚ what is prenatal care? Standard prenatal care in an assumed‚ normal pregnancy basicly means seeing a health care provider once a month for the first 28 weeks; then every two to three weeks until 36 weeks;
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