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Cultural and linguistic competance
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A set of congruent behaviors, attitudes and policies that come together in a system among professionals that enables work in cross-cultural situations
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cultural care nursing
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professional nursing that is culturally sensitive, appropriate, and competant
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culture
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the nonphysical attributes of a person- the thoughts, communications, actions, beliefs, values and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious or social groups
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culture-bound syndrome
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a condition that is culturally defined
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ethnicity
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a social group within the social system that claims to possess variable traits such as a common geographic origin, migratory status, and religion
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ethnocentrism
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tendency to view your own way of life as the most desirable, acceptable, or best and to act superior to another cultures' lifeways
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folk healer
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lay healer in the persons culture apart from the biomedical/scientific health care system
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health/illness
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the balance/imbalance of the person, both within one's being- physical, mental and or spiritual- and in the outside world- natural, communal, and or metaphysical
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heritage consistency
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the degree to which a person's lifestyle reflects his or her traditional heritage, whether it is native american, european, asian, african or hispanic
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religion
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the belief in a divine or superhuman power or powers to be obeyed and worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe; and a system of beliefs, practices and ethical values
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socialization
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the process of being raised within a culture and acquiring the characteristics of that group
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title vi of the civil rights act of 1964
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a federal law that mandates that when people with limited english proficiency seek health care in health care settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, day care centers, and mental health centers services it cannot be denied to them
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values
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a desirable or undesirable state of affairs, and a universal feature of all culture
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