Culture, economic status, gender, and sexuality in pharmaceutical Flashcards
Which term describes a set of guidelines that are passed down from one generation to another within a particular group of people through rituals, symbols, and language, and plays a role in how people from different cultural groups may have differing experiences and understandings of the same illness?
A) Cultural diffusion
B) Cultural relativism
C) Cultural appropriation
D) Culture
D) Culture
True or False: Failure to understand and respect individuals and their cultures can hinder pharmaceutical care, and misunderstandings, confusion, and drug misadventures can be the result if beliefs and expectations between the patient and the pharmacist are different.
True
Which of the following best describes cultural competence in the healthcare context?
A) The ability to accurately diagnose and treat various medical conditions.
B) The ability to provide healthcare services exclusively to patients from different cultural backgrounds.
C) The ability to effectively deliver health care services that meet the social, cultural, and linguistic needs of patients.
D) The ability to navigate complex insurance systems and billing procedures.
C) The ability to effectively deliver health care services that meet the social, cultural, and linguistic needs of patients.
What term is used to describe a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that enable effective work in cross-cultural situations within a system, agency, or among professionals?
A) Cultural sensitivity
B) Cultural assimilation
C) Cultural humility
D) Cultural competence
D) Cultural competence
4 Components of Cultural Competence:
- Awareness - of one’s own cultural worldview
- Attitude - towards cultural differences
- Knowledge - of different cultural practices and worldviews
- Skills - cross-cultural skills
True or False: Cultural competence is important in pharmacy practice because failure to understand and respect individuals and their cultures can hinder pharmaceutical care, leading to medication errors.
True
True or False: Misunderstandings, confusion, and drug misadventures can occur when there are differences in beliefs and expectations between the patient and the pharmacist.
True
True or False: Respecting cultural differences and embracing diversity advances health equity in the pharmacy setting.
True
What is the primary goal of pharmaceutical care delivered by pharmacists?
A) Providing affordable medication options
B) Achieving definite therapeutic outcomes that improve patients’ quality of life
C) Maximizing profits for pharmaceutical companies
D) Minimizing the use of healthcare resources
B) Achieving definite therapeutic outcomes that improve patients’ quality of life.
What is an important consideration in the delivery of pharmaceutical care by pharmacists?
A) Prioritizing high-cost medications
B) Minimizing patient access to healthcare resources
C) Ensuring cost-effectiveness while utilizing healthcare resources
D) Maximizing profits for pharmaceutical companies
C) Ensuring cost-effectiveness while utilizing healthcare resources.
Which statement accurately describes the relationship between gender, sexuality, and the provision of health care products and services?
A) Biological sex differences have no impact on the provision of health care.
B) Sociocultural gender norms play a minimal role in shaping health care practices.
C) Biological sex differences and sociocultural gender norms influence the provision of health care products and services.
D) Pharmaceutical development and marketing are extensively regulated with regard to gender and sexuality.
C) Biological sex differences and sociocultural gender norms influence the provision of health care products and services.
True or False: Men and women share many similarities, but there are significant biological and behavioral differences between the two genders. These differences impact the manifestation, epidemiology, and pathophysiology of various common diseases, as well as the approach to healthcare.
True
Which statement accurately reflects the current state of gender-specific healthcare?
A) Gender-specific healthcare is widely implemented and reflects the most important risk factors for patients.
B) There is significant focus on gender-specific healthcare, with tailored prevention, management, and therapeutic treatments for common diseases.
C) Gender-specific healthcare is lacking, and the prevention, management, and therapeutic treatment of many common diseases do not consider the patient’s sex and gender as important risk factors.
D) Gender-specific healthcare is primarily focused on one gender and neglects the other.
C) Gender-specific healthcare is lacking, and the prevention, management, and therapeutic treatment of many common diseases do not consider the patient’s sex and gender as important risk factors.
True or False: There are no significant disparities between women and men in terms of their medication use, adherence to medications, and likelihood of receiving guideline-based drug therapy.
False
There are significant disparities between women and men in their intensity of medication use adherence to medications their likelihood of receiving guideline-based drug therapy.
What does sex- and gender-based analysis (SGBA) involve?
A) Examining only biological differences between men and women
B) Focusing solely on socio-cultural differences between men and women
C) Systematically examining both sex-based (biological) and gender-based (socio-cultural) differences between various groups
D) Ignoring any differences between men, women, and gender-diverse individuals
C) Systematically examining both sex-based (biological) and gender-based (socio-cultural) differences between various groups
