GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
SOCIALISATION AND EDUCATION
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Question
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Patients are treated in a dehumanizing manner.
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Patients are deliberately denied physical therapy services.
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Health care systems are ineffective in working with patients from other cultures, bias and stereotyping exists.
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Policies and practices do not recognize the need for culturally specific approaches to problem solving.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Example of Cultural Blindness in Healthcare For example, healthcare practitioners need to know that certain racial and ethnic groups are more susceptible to certain diseases. By being aware of these cultural differences, they can more proactively seek out and prevent diseases in at-risk populations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Overall, cultural competence has three important components: active listening, demonstrating empathy, and effective engagement.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is care that meets the social and cultural needs of diverse patient populations. An essential first step before learning about other cultures is an awareness of one’s own beliefs, biases, values and cultural practices.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cultural competence in nursing implies the ability of health care workers to give the best medical care to patients while demonstrating cultural awareness for their beliefs, race, and values. It entails having knowledge of patients’ cultural diversity and treating them with this in mind.