Chapter 5: Culture and Health Care Flashcards
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Assimilation
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the merging of cultural traits from different cultural groups
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Acculturation
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the process of learning cultural behaviors from one group or person
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Culture
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the act of belonging to a designated group
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Cultural Competence
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the ability to meet the healthcare needs of patients while meeting and adhering to their cultural values, beliefs, and practices
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Emotive
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expressing or exciting emotion
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Ethnocentrism
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the belief that one’s own culture is superior to another
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Ethnography
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a branch of anthropology that studies and records various human culture
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Matriarchal
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society or group with a female as head of the family or tribal line
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Stereotype
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simplified image used to characterize or describe a group
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Stoic
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free from passion, without complaint
