Category: Culture

Evidence-Based Culturally Sensitive Practice With Jehovahs Witnesses Table of Contents Abstract Introduction The Christian Denomination Jehovahs Witnesses Health Beliefs Assumptions, Goals, and Methods Potential Problems References Abstract It may happen that a patient refuses some treatment or intervention, referring to their cultural, ethnic, or religious prohibitions. For example, the Christian denomination Jehovahs Witnesses does not…

Sociological Approaches to Culture and Anthropocentrism Introduction Dear tree, It is regretted that the relationship between you, the trees, and us humans is existent on the master-object association. As it is, human beings are continuously cutting down members of your generation. Indeed, many of us are motivated by economic factors to obtain wood from the…

Cultural Sensitivity in Fall Prevention Education It is necessary to implement cultural sensitivity principles in nursing care. This essay aims to describe implementing the practices of culturally sensitive care and ensuring the integrity of human dignity in the care of all patients in educating patients about fall prevention. To implement these practices in life, it…

Culture, Ethnicity, and Acculturation in Healthcare Culture refers to a complex set of learned beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and material objects that characterize a particular group or society. Conversely, ethnicity entails a shared cultural heritage, including shared history, language, ancestry, and physical characteristics, and is often used to describe cultural differences between groups within a…

Cultural Diversity in Nursing Education The word diversity, when used within an educational context, encompasses a large amount of concepts which describe different aspects of diversity education. These terms include multicultural education, antiracist education, ethnic studies, social justice education, multi-lingual education, integration, and many others, and together they propagate that all people, regardless of their…

Building a Culture Where it is Acceptable for Physicians to Make Mistakes For a long time now, physicians have been denied a chance to make mistakes in their cause of duty. Although their work is delicate and a mistake can lead to loss of life, they are still human and thus can make mistakes at…

Environmental Studies: Life & Culture in the Pacific The journal Culture and Sustainable Development in the Pacific, by Antony Hooper describes how different cultural beliefs in the Pacific affect development. According to Hooper, culture and development are factors that are always intertwined. The relationship is affect in every aspect of life including the media and…

The Hispanic Cultural Group Healthcare Introduction The United States of America is home to people from diverse cultural backgrounds from different parts of the world. There are about seven classes of cultural groups in the country. Hispanics or Latinos constitute the second largest and most expanding cultural group in the United States. The Hispanic cultural…

Aspects of Just Culture in Healthcare Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction Healthcare is a field that depends on humans every hour of the processes, and it is inevitable that mistakes will occur and cause adverse consequences. The outdated approach to preventing errors focused on punishing those who made them but did not…

Cross-Cultural Healthcare and Its Implications Table of Contents Introduction Perspectives Normative cultural values Conclusion References Introduction There has been growing awareness among many healthcare providers on the issue of culture and the need for health providers to develop appropriate skills necessary to respond to the diverse health needs of the society. Cultural backgrounds of clients…