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13 Cards in this Set
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DEF: Non-physical traits shared by a group of individuals; passed from one generation to the next.
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Culture
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DEF: Care that takes into account the context of how the client lives and problems that arise.
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Cultural Care
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DEF: The state of being different
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Diversity
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DEF: A group within a social system having variable characteristics such as a common social and cultural heritage, language, or religion
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Ethnicity
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HEALTH BELIEF SYSTEM: Health is a sign of God's favor or blessing. Illness can be a result of karma, evil, or supernatural influence.
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Magico-Religious belief system
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HEALTH BELIEF SYSTEM: Health is a positive process. Illness is an imbalance between physical, psychological, and/or socio-cultural environment. Balance. Yin/Yang
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Holistic
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HEALTH BELIEF SYSTEM: Health is an absence of disease. Illness is a breakdown of the human machine.
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Scientific (Biomedical)
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DEF: Biological characteristics
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Race
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T/F - The fastest growing population segment is aged 21-30.
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FALSE - The fastest growing segment is over 65.
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Cultural Assessment: An ill patient looks to a patriarch to make a decision is:
Communication or Social Organization |
Social Organization - family structure
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Cultural Assessment: A client is repeatedly late for an appointment:
Social Organization or Time |
Time - not future oriented
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Cultural Assessment: A client's asthma is worsened by a local factory:
Environmental Control or Biologic Variations |
Environmental Control
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T/F - During acute illness, a patient may speak a foreign language.
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TRUE - A client may revert to a native tongue during periods of extreme stress.
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