Diabetes And Cultural Analysis

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I agree on cultural and regional influences can affect a patient's health and management of diabetes because they might only be able to eat specific foods. Some people doesn't believe in taking medication like muslim people because the rule of their religion status, so that it can be very difficult to prevent a patient has diabetes. Also, I agree on how you said, the MA can provide this affective care is to see if there is a way that the patient can still get the medication that they need for their condition without actually giving it to them.

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