1.7 - Cultural Aspects Of The Doctor-Patient Relationship Flashcards
What is transmitted to the next generation by use of symbols, language, art and ritual?
Culture
TRUE OR FALSE
Culture is a Set of explicit guidelines only which are inherited from a society. Culture also tells us how to view, experience and behave in the world in relation to supernatural forces, other people and natural environment
False
Explicit AND implicit
What are inherited “lenses” thru which individual perceives and understands the world he inhabits and learns to live within it?
Culture
What is the blueprint of our behavior but not absolute straight jacket that constrains our behavior because it allows for agency?
Culture
What is agency?
Capacity of people to make individual decisions
- choose among what is available and can go beyond ( reason for culture change)
What is the macro level of culture?
Systems of production, exchange etc
What is the micro level of culture?
Modes of interaction, control of time, and space, attitudes, values, perception of the world etc.
What is the social organization in the Philippines?
Immediate family
Extended kin group
Peer group
What frameworks are shaped by the the social structures in the Philippines?
Personalism
Familism
Paternalism
What is personalism?
Placing a high value on interpersonal relationships
What is the disadvantage of personalism?
Bad for goal setting
What is the advantage of personalism?
Good for long term relationships
Get things done quicker
What is familism?
Way of relating to others not necessarily related to us using models derived from family patterns
What are the advantages of familism?
Used to related to other people by using family terminology
Relationsl aspects are emphasized
Appease person and make them more likely to listen to you
What is paternalism?
Kind of concern displayed by older relatives for younger ones