a. Identify cultural and ethnic issues that are influencing this family. Identify religious influences. What are some differences in this situation which may be based on gender or gender roles?
Raul doesn’t want to adopt a child because her family believes if god didn’t give them a child than they should get a child that is not his. Patricia on the other hand what to raise a child with it’s theirs or whether they adopt one. Another problem they have is talking about their personal things to other people. They don’t feel comfortable talking about which might be hard for doctors to help them in the future.
Both of them want two different things. Raul want to forget about this for a while and focus on their relationship. “He said that all he and Patricia do now is talk about their infertility and babies and he is sick and tired of it.” Patricia wants a child and she things it would be better to solves this issue right now then later.
b. Why is cultural competence so important in working with diverse populations? What kind of mistakes do professionals make when they operate from a perspective of cultural incapacity, cultural blindness, or cultural pre competence? Where are you on the cultural competence continuum and what can you do to improve your cultural competence?
c. What are the challenges …show more content…
It’s better if they do not between them. Both of them have a reason to feel the way they feel. All Patricia is to raise a child with Raul and that is it. She knows that they can’t have a children together so she want to adopt one. Raul on the other hand want to have a child with Patricia but he doesn’t want to make a decision right now. He just want to focus on their relationship and come back to this problem later on. When you are working couples like Patricia and Raul make sure that you are listening to both of them. Don’t make one of them feel like you are taking a
Raul doesn’t want to adopt a child because her family believes if god didn’t give them a child than they should get a child that is not his. Patricia on the other hand what to raise a child with it’s theirs or whether they adopt one. Another problem they have is talking about their personal things to other people. They don’t feel comfortable talking about which might be hard for doctors to help them in the future.
Both of them want two different things. Raul want to forget about this for a while and focus on their relationship. “He said that all he and Patricia do now is talk about their infertility and babies and he is sick and tired of it.” Patricia wants a child and she things it would be better to solves this issue right now then later.
b. Why is cultural competence so important in working with diverse populations? What kind of mistakes do professionals make when they operate from a perspective of cultural incapacity, cultural blindness, or cultural pre competence? Where are you on the cultural competence continuum and what can you do to improve your cultural competence?
c. What are the challenges …show more content…
It’s better if they do not between them. Both of them have a reason to feel the way they feel. All Patricia is to raise a child with Raul and that is it. She knows that they can’t have a children together so she want to adopt one. Raul on the other hand want to have a child with Patricia but he doesn’t want to make a decision right now. He just want to focus on their relationship and come back to this problem later on. When you are working couples like Patricia and Raul make sure that you are listening to both of them. Don’t make one of them feel like you are taking a