week 5 - cultural safety

Question 1

culture

Answer 1

pattern of many concepts, beliefs, values, habits, skills, instruments, and art of a given group of people in a given period of time

Question 2

multicultural communication

Answer 2

the ability to communicate effectively with individuals of other cultures while recognizing one own personal biases and prejudices and putting them aside

Question 3

4 barriers to multicultural therapeutic communication

Answer 3

1. lack of knowledge
2. fear and distrust
3. racism
4. language

Question 4

bias

Answer 4

slant toward a particular belief

Question 5

prejudice

Answer 5

opinion or judgment formed before all facts are known

Question 6

ethnocentrism

Answer 6

belief that one’s own culture and traditions are better than others

Question 7

stereotyping

Answer 7

attributing unvarying description or pattern to a person without allowance for individuality

Question 8

perceptions and exceptions

Answer 8

patients from somewhere like Eastern Europe for example, may have different expectations