Successful Patient-Doctor Relationships with the Arab Culture Many people have seen the increase of immigrants coming to the United States. “Census 2000 measured a U.S. population of 281.4 million‚ including 1.2 million who reported and Arab ancestry” (de la Cruz and Brittingham‚ 2000). Arab Americans are those people who speak or are descendents of Arabic-speaking populations. As doctors and caregivers continue to provide care to those that speak English‚ communication between them is easy. But
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Whether we know it or not‚ culture affects our lives in countless ways. The culture that people grow up in is‚ most of the time‚ what their beliefs are based on. This includes beliefs about health care‚ how we treat‚ view‚ and recover from illness. The culture around us also can limit our access to health care or can broaden the types of treatment we receive. In the United States‚ we are blessed to have so much scientific knowledge. We understand a large number of diseases enough to know the cause
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Standpoint theory maintains that all claims to knowledge are situated in the experience and understandings of a person‚ and reflect the distinct set of relations in which they stand to it. In this sense‚ knowledge is shaped by a person’s cultural perspective and “social location” (Wylie‚ 2003‚ p.31). Situated knowledge not only shapes but also limits is one knows‚ while one’s social location is structurally defined in a hierarchical system of power relations (Wylie‚ 2003‚ p.31). Due to all claims
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varies from about 10 to more than 50 of the population comprising some of the surrounding towns (Holy Name Medical Center Korean Medical Program‚ 2013). Therefore‚ it is very important for healthcare providers to be able to communicate with this culture. In response to the needs of the patients‚ our hospital has created the Korean Medical Program. The program provides Korean speaking doctors and support staff that can assist in coordinating all their healthcare needs. They provide Korean translators
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Jean Watson’s Theory of Transpersonal Carey Grall‚ RN‚ BSN Concordia Nursing Theory MSN 834 Dr. Pam Koob September 27‚ 2012 Analysis of Jean Watson’s Theory of Transpersonal Nursing has in the last century made a lot of progress thus it has become recognized as a profession as well as an academic discipline. One of these accomplishments was the development‚ articulation‚ and testing of various nursing theories. It has been made more meaningful and significant by the theory based practice
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Culture Culture refers to the shared set of values‚ norms‚ and beliefs of a specific group. Common social groupings including trained adults in the same profession‚ youths participating in the same sport‚ and people with common religious beliefs have their own cultures. It is clear that social contexts and cultures are the key determinants that change the mental health services that minorities use while shaping their mental health in the process. The minorities may be prevented from receiving proper
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The paper begins with explaining the theoretical foundations by introducing the main concepts; national culture and corporate culture‚ or culture at organizational level. The study conducted by Engelen et al. concentrates on the individualism versus collectivism dimension of national culture and on the strength of the corporate culture. After familiarizing the concepts‚ the paper presents the hypotheses and clarifies how the hypotheses are derived. Next‚ the research conducted to test the hypotheses
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Nursing Theory Plan of Care Theoretical Foundations of Practice NUR/513 March 05‚ 2012 Nursing Theory Plan of Care Ida Orlando literally wrote the book on the function of nursing. Her theory of the deliberative nursing process outlines a dynamic nurse-patient relationship in which the nurse uses his or her senses of perception together with deliberate actions to create an individualized care plan for each patient. Results of current research on the application of her theory follow a
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SOCIAL CARE THEORY FOR PRACTICE (OUTCOME 1) ASSESSMENT 1 (1500 words approx.) (12th October 2012) Coco J Hendry Page 1 Introduction Page 2 – 5 Assessment Page 6 Conclusion Page 7 Reference/Bibliography 1 The following essay will demonstrate my understanding of the importance and relevance of values to social care by explaining how social care values and principles influence practice. I will then explain what relationship my value base has with social care values
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Culture provides people with a sense of purpose and belonging. It helps people create an identity and forms their morals and values. Social workers need to include culture in their practices when working with First Nations clientele‚ as it is a large part in which they are and can help the healing process. Elders are an important aspect of First Nations culture. Elders can work with social workers to ensure guidance‚ spiritual and cultural advice‚ and teach philosophies and traditions of the people
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