paper explores the validity of the Cultural Imperialism Theory which says the Western culture has dominated the cultures of developing Nations. It examines to what extent and how the Western world in the real sense has dominated the developing countries. The study further examined the means through which the developing countries are being dominated culturally by the Western culture. The paper further looked at both the negative and the positive effects of cultural imperialism. It concluded that though
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necessity to develop a cultural competency in the patient care. Miami‚ the city where I live involve a rich multicultural people from several parts of the world. Nurses all the time are dealing with those rich cultures. The Humanistic disciplines support the theory of cultural care diversity and the universality created by Leininger. This principal objective is to serve individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and the society in general. The transcultural view supports this theory of caring. Leininger
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A Theory of Cross-Cultural Communication © Anthony Pym 2003 Intercultural Studies Group Universitat Rovira i Virgili Tarragona‚ Spain* Pre-print version 3.3 The following is a series of propositions designed to connect a few ideas about translation as a mode of cross-cultural communication. The ideas are drawn from a multiplicity of existing theories; the aim is not particularly to be original. The propositions are instead intended to link up three endeavors: an abstract conception of cross-cultural
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Bourdieu’s (1984) theory of social and cultural change discusses the factions within the dominant class struggle and how these struggle to increase overall reach of their power by exploiting connections between cultural and economic fields (Hinde & Dixon‚ 2010; p. 412). Culture and economy are significant manifestations of these struggles‚ and the theory gives consideration to peoples relationships with both production and consumption activities (Hinde & Dixon‚ 2010‚ p. 412). Primarily‚ Bourdieu
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This paper discusses a spiritual assessment completed on a 63 year old female patient. The primary domains that were assessed were meaning and purpose‚ inner strengths‚ interconnections‚ ability to connect and forgive‚ worship and connectedness with God‚ and a sense of connection with life. The focus for doing this spiritual assessment on my patient was to obtain information about my patients ability to cope‚ about the level (if any) spiritual distress‚ and to find out about any interventions
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Utility means want satisfying power of a commodity. It refers to power or capacity of a commodity to satisfy human wants. In order to know whether a commodity possesses utility or not‚ we have to ask two questions: a) Does commodity satisfy the want of people? b) Are people ready to pay for it? If answers to these questions are affirmative then we can say that a commodity possesses utility‚ otherwise not. It is a measure of personal satisfaction or level of meeting a need that a good or
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Hofstede 1 Running Head: HOFSTEDE’S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS: THE BASICS AND THE CRITICISMS ra oi M Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions: E. The Basics and the Criticisms Moira E. Hanna H Clemson University na an Hofstede 2 Abstract Hofstede’s model (1980) has been used widely in research in the past two decades. The culture-based model consists of four dimensions: power distance‚ uncertainty avoidance‚ individualism-collectivism‚ and masculinity-femininity. Each of these
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friendship of utility Aristotle’s second type of friendship is the friendship of utility. In a friendship of utility‚ “people love one another because they are useful and only in so far as they are useful” (116). A damaged friendship of utility can be repaired with monetary compensation for the damage that was done – since all utility eventually amounts to money anyway. A friendship of utility will naturally end when one or both members stop being useful to the other. Aristotle says that utility constitutes
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My understanding of the 3 different models (medical‚ social and bio-psychosocial is that the medical model views disability as an individual problem.This medical model approach is based on the belief that the difficulties associated with a disability should be placed on the disabled person‚ and that the disabled person should make extra efforts to care for themselves and not inconvenience anyone else. An example of the medical model: If an individual with a wheelchair is unable to gain access into
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which rate is total utility increasing: a constant rate‚ a decreasing rate‚ or an increasing rate? How do you know? b. “A rational consumer will purchase only 1 unit of the product represented by these data since that amount maximizes marginal utility.” Do you agree? Explain why or why not. c. “It is possible that a rational consumer will not purchase any units of the product represented by these data.” Do you agree? Explain why or why not. Answer: Missing total utility data‚ top – bottom:
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