L25: Caring For Patients From Differnt Cultures

Question 1

What is culture

Answer 1

Beliefs and behaviours that are leaned and shared by members of a group

Question 2

Give 2 examples of sub cultures in the healthcare

Answer 2

Nursing

Medicine

Question 3

What is a stereotype

Answer 3

An ending point

Question 4

Give an example of a stereotype

Answer 4

If someone is an afghan than they must have a large family

Question 5

What is a generalisation

Answer 5

The beginning point

Question 6

Give an example of a generalisation

Answer 6

Afghans often have large family so you would ask the person how many members are in their family

Question 7

What is a subculture

Answer 7

Small groups of people within a culture that share the same characteristic

Question 8

What are values

Answer 8

Things we hold important

Question 9

Name the different value system that exist

Answer 9

Independence and autonomy
Privacy
Health and fitness
Physical appearance

Question 10

What is a worldview

Answer 10

Peoples assumptions of reality

Question 11

What is a ethnic account

Answer 11

Comes from within the culture

Question 12

What is a Eric account

Answer 12

Comes from the observers and tries to be culturally neutral

Question 13

What is ethnocentrism

Answer 13

Idea that ones cultures way of doing something is the right thing and that other cultures are inferior

Question 14

What is cultural relativism

Answer 14

View that other cultures way of doing things are different but equally valid

Question 15

What are the 3 models of disease

Answer 15

Biomedical model: life is controlled by biological and chemical process
Magico-religious model: the world is an arena where supernatural forces dominate
Holistic model: forces of nature