International health

Question 0

what are the 6 steps of cultural formation used in the DSM

Answer 0

1. Ethnic identity
2. What is at stake
3. The illness narrative
4. psychosocial stress
5. influence of culture on relationships
6. problems of a cultural competency approach

Question 1

what is the explanatory models approach

Answer 1

an interview technique used to understand how the social world is affected by illness described in Kleinman and Benson 2006

Question 2

define ethnicity

Answer 2

share origins or social background,shared culture and traditions (Gill et al 2007)

one element of culture - within one ethnicity may be many cultures (schouten and meeuwesen)

Question 3

define culture

Answer 3

integrated patterns of human behaviours (language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values etc etc) AAMC 2005