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10 Cards in this Set
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Basic characteristics of culture |
Learned, shared, adaptive, dynamic |
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Basic characteristics of culture |
Culture, ethnicity, race, minority |
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Religious beliefs and practices |
Cause of illness, perception of its severity, choice of colors, religion, spirituality |
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Health-related beliefs and practices |
- need to understand and values, beliefs, attitudes, practices - patient's meaning of health - cause of illness - healing and treatment |
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Transcultural expression of illness |
Disease and pain |
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African Americans |
Sickle cell disease, hypertension, stroke |
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Native Americans |
Diabetes, alcoholism |
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Asian Americans |
Liver, stomach, esophageal cancer and hypertension |
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European Americans |
Cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, breast cancer |
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Hispanics |
Diabetes, obesity, TB |