Chapter 2: Cultural Awareness Flashcards
The attitudes of the healthcare professional are largely:
Select one:
a. acculturated and cannot be changed.
b. uninfluenced by patient behavior.
c. difficult for the patient to sense.
d. culturally derived.
e. irrelevant to the success of relationships with the patient.
d. culturally derived.
Which question has the most potential for exploring a patient’s cultural beliefs related to a health problem?
Select one:
a. “How often do you have a medical examination?”
b. “What are your age, race, and educational level?”
c. “What types of symptoms have you been having?”
d. “Why do you think you are having these symptoms?”
e. “Do you take herbal remedies?”
d. “Why do you think you are having these symptoms?”
In terms of cultural communication differences, Americans are more likely to _____ than other groups of patients.
Select one:
a. emphasize attitudes and feelings
b. maintain eye contact
c. come quickly to the point
d. use silence comfortably
e. speak more softly than other cultures
c. come quickly to the point
An aspect of traditional Western medicine that may be troublesome to many Hispanics, Native Americans, Asians, and Arabs is Western medicine’s attempt to:
Select one:
a. use a holistic approach that views a particular medical problem as part of a bigger picture.
b. determine a specific cause for every problem in a precise way.
c. establish harmony between a person and the entire cosmos.
d. Use herbal remedies and rituals.
e. promote balance in an individual’s life.
b. determine a specific cause for every problem in a precise way.
Which statement is true regarding impoverished people?
Select one:
a. In the United States, socioeconomic status does not influence the delivery of health care.
b. The morbidity and mortality rates of impoverished people are greater than those of the middle class.
c. The morbidity and mortality rates of impoverished people are less than those of the middle class.
d. No reliable statistics exist regarding the relationship of poverty to morbidity and mortality.
e. The morbidity and mortality rates of impoverished people are similar to those of the middle class.
b. The morbidity and mortality rates of impoverished people are greater than those of the middle class.
Which statement is true regarding the relationship of physical characteristics and culture?
Select one:
a. Physical characteristics should be used to identify members of cultural groups.
b. There is a difference between distinguishing cultural characteristics and distinguishing physical characteristics.
c. To be a member of a specific culture, an individual must have certain identifiable physical characteristics.
d. Gender and race are the two essential physical characteristics used to identify cultural groups.
e. Whereas all cultural traits can be viewed as static, physical traits are dynamic.
b. There is a difference between distinguishing cultural characteristics and distinguishing physical characteristics.
Which of the following is not an aspect of cultural humility?
Select one:
a. Ability to recognize one’s limitations in knowledge and cultural perspective
b. Self-reflection and self-critique
c. Assuming all patients of a particular culture fit a certain stereotype
d. Meeting patients “where they are” without judgment
e. Genuine interest in understanding our patients’ belief systems and lives
c. Assuming all patients of a particular culture fit a certain stereotype
A naturalistic or holistic approach to health care often assumes:
Select one:
a. that hot conditions require treatment with a hot remedy.
b. a reductionist view that looks to a very narrow cause and effect.
c. there are external factors that must be kept in balance.
d. that there are hot and cold conditions but not hot and cold remedies.
e. that hot and cold conditions are the same among different cultures.
c. there are external factors that must be kept in balance.
A naturalistic or holistic approach often assumes that there are external factors—some good, some bad—that must be kept in balance if we are to remain well.
hat percentage of adults over age 20 are estimated to be obese in the United States?
Select one:
a. 10%
b. 25%
c. 33%
d. 50%
e. 66%
c. 33%
Your new patient is a 40-year-old Middle Eastern man with a complaint of new abdominal pain. You are concerned about violating a cultural prohibition when you prepare to do his rectal examination. The best tactic would be to:
Select one:
a. do the examination because it is a necessary part of the physical examination.
b. ask a colleague from the same geographic area if this examination is acceptable.
c. inform the patient of the reason for the examination and ask if it is acceptable to him.
d. refer the patient to a provider more knowledgeable about cultural differences.
e. forego the examination for fear of violating cultural norms.
c. inform the patient of the reason for the examination and ask if it is acceptable to him.
All of the following are important aspects of reducing disparities in health care except:
Select one:
a. identify and monitor conscious and unconscious biases.
b. help the patient to learn about his or her disease or condition.
c. consider the health literacy of one’s patients.
d. try to discuss aspects of care without the influence of friends, partner, or family members.
d. try to discuss aspects of care without the influence of friends, partner, or family members.
A person’s definition of illness is likely to be most influenced by: Select one: a. race. b. ritual. c. enculturation. d. age group. e. socioeconomic class.
c. enculturation.
