The importance of ethical and multicultural competency to the practice of professional psychology ensures that we are able to connect and effectively help a magnitude of people from a variety of cultural, ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds. “As we continue to expand our understanding of culture and its multiple dimensions, our ability to negotiate therapeutic situations in ethically responsive ways will also continue to expand the profession’s impact”; by promoting mental wellness and accurate health assessment’s. http://aliento.pepperdine.edu/content/gallardo-et-al-ethics-and-multiculturalism-2009.pdf Identify and explain …show more content…
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
14. Because Hispanics have a lower incidence of certain cancers than the majority of the US population, their mortality rate from these diseases is correspondingly lower.
15. Minority and immigrant patients in the US who go to traditional healers and use traditional medicines generally avoid conventional Western treatments.
17. Which of the following is good advice for a provider attempting to use and interpret non-verbal communication?
19. Out of respect for a patient’s privacy, the provider should always begin a relationship by seeing an adult patient alone and drawing the family in as needed.
2. When the patient and provider come from different cultural backgrounds, the medical history obtained may not be accurate.
3. When a provider expects that a patient will understand a condition and follow a regimen, the patient is more likely to do so than if the provider has doubts about the patient.
5. When taking a medical history from a patient with a limited ability to speak English, which of the following is LEAST useful?
8. When a patient who has not adhered to a treatment regimen states that s/he cannot afford the medications prescribed, it is appropriate to assume that financial factors are indeed the real reasons and not explore the situation