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Culture, Diversity, and Spirituality Flashcards

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Discrimination

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Restriction of justice, rights, and privileges of individuals or subcultural groups, may occur when dominant groups reinforce their rules and regulations in a way that limits opportunities for others

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Minority

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Individual or group of individuals who are outside the dominant group

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Multiculturalism

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Many subcultures coexisting within a given society in which no one culture dominates

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Ethnic groups

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Have common characteristics, including nationality, language, values, and customs, and they shear a cultural heritage

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Cultural humility

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Occurs when a PCP recognizes that her personal cultural values are not superior over the cultural values of others, thus preventing the provider from taking an authoritative stance or engaging in abuse of power

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Cultural Values

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preferred ways of behaving or thinking that are sustained over time and used to govern a cultural group’s actions and decisions

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Physical element

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Geographic area in which a society is located

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Infrastructure element

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framework of the systems and processes that keep a society functioning

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Behavioral element

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way people in a society act and react to each other

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Cultural element

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all the values, beliefs, assumptions, and norms that comprise a code of conduct for acceptable behaviors within a society

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Worldview

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how the people in a culture perceive ideas and attitude about the world, other people, and life in general

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Cultural groups

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can be categorized around racial, ethnic, religious, or socially common practice patterns

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Enculturation

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cultural transmission, is exemplified by a process children use to learn cultural characteristics from adults

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Assimilation

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Process of adapting to integrating characteristics of the dominant culture as ones own

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Acculturation

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process of not only adapting for another culture but also accepting the majority groups culture as ones own

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Social justice

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framework to explore the complexities surrounding the variety of factors that impact diverse and vulnerable populations

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Intersex

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variety of conditions in which an individual is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not seem to fit the typical definitions of male or female

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Transgender

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born with typical male or female anatomies but feel as though they have been born into the “wrong body”

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Stereotyping

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overgeneralization of group characteristics that reinforces societal biases and distorts individual characteristics

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Bias

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favoring a group or individual over another

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Sexism

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occurs when male values, beliefs, or activities are preferred over female

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Race

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physical artistes linked to continents of origin, for example, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas

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Racism

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oppression of a group of people based on perceived race

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Classism

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oppression of groups of people based on their socioeconomic status

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Sexual orientation

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continuum ranging fromt hose who have a strong preference for a partner of the same sex to those who strongly prefer someone of the opposite sex

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Homosexual

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individuals prefer a partner of the same sex

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Lesbian

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women who prefer to develop intimate relationships with other women

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Gay

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homosexual women or men but is more commonly used to describe men

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Heterosexual

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develop an intimate relationship with a partner of the opposite sex

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Bisexual

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individuals are physically attracted to both males and females

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Homophobia

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fear, hatred, or mistrust of gays and lesbians often expressed in overt displays of discrimination

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Heterosexism

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view of heterosexuality as the only correct sexual orientation

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Ageism

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discrimination against older adults

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Vulnerable population

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groups of people in our culture who are at greater risk for diseases and reduced life span due to lack resources and exposure to more risk factors

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Oppression

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systematic limitation of access to resources, may be convert or subtle and typically is linked to laws, education, or even healthcare norms and regional access to services and transportation

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Healthcare disparity

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Difference in a measurement of access to or quality of health care services between an individual or group possessing a defined characteristic when other variables have been controlled, such as individual health choices, disease courses, and other variations front he normative measure

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Religion

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set of doctrines accepted by a group of people who gather together regularly to worship that offer a means to relate to God or a higher power, nature, and their spiritual being

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Spiritual health

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feeling of being generally alive, purposeful, and fulfilled

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spiritual distress

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challenge to ones spiritual well being or to the belief system that provides strength, hope, and meaning to life

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Agnostic

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individual who doubts the existence of God or a supreme being or who believes that existence of God has not been proved

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Atheist

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individual who does not believe in God

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Monotheism

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belief in the existence of one god

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Polytheism

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belief in the existence in more than one god

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Faith-based organization

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organization or agency that is affiliated with a particular religion or religious faith

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Hope

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process of anticipation that involves the interaction of thinking, acting, feeling, and relating, and is directed toward a future fulfillment that is personally meaningful

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Transcendence

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capacity to reach out beyond oneself, to extend oneself beyond personal concerns and to take on broader life perspectives, activities and purposes

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FICA

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Faith or beliefs
Implications or influence
Community
Address

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Ethics

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method of inquiry that helps individuals to understand the morality of human behavior, the practices or beliefs of a certain group, expected standards of moral behavior f a particular group as described in the group’s formal code of ethics

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Bioethics

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application of ethics to issues of human life or health (to decisions about abortion or euthanasia)

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Nursing ethics

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Application of ethics to issues that occur in nursing practice

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Morality

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private, personal standards of what is right and wrong in conduct, character, and attitude

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Moral development

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process of learning to tell the difference between right and wrong and of learning what ought and ought not be done

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Consequence-based (teleological) theories

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look to the outcomes (consequences) of an action in judging whether that action is right or wrong

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Utilitarianism

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one form of consequentialist theory, views as a good act as one that brings the most good

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Utility

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the least harm for the greatest number of people and

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Principles based (deontological) theories

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involve logical and formal processes and emphasize individual rights, duties, and obligations

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Moral rules

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specific prescriptions for actions

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Autonomy

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right to make ones own decision

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Nonmaleficence

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duty to do no harm

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Beneficence

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doing good

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Justice

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fairness

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Fidelity

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to be faithful to agreements and promises

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Veracity

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telling the truth

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Accountability

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answerable to oneself and others for ones own actions

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Responsibility

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specific accountability or liability associated with the performance of duties of a particular role

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Holy day

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day set aside for special religious observance, all the world religions observe certain holy days

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Ritual

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lord’s prayer, memorized prayers that can be repeated

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Petitionary

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intercessory prayers when one is requesting something of the divine (God, cure me!)

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Colloquial

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conversation prayers

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Meditational

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moments of silence focused on nothing, a meaningful phrase, or a certain aspect of the divine

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Meditation

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act of focusing one’s thought or engaging in self-reflection or contemplation

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Denominations

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groups of members that adhere to the same practices and beliefs

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