Reaction Paper About Hispanic Culture

A culture that I am not very familiar with and should be are the Hispanics. Hispanics are a growing culture everywhere in the United States and I believe is a culture we should be as familiar with as our own. As a healthcare provider I know that we will have situations that involve death and I want to be sure that I am familiar with anything that I can be in regards to this culture as it is very different from our own. Hispanics have always believed that life and death were one. They never perceived the dead body as the end of life. A tradition that has been celebrated all through history that has followed this belief is, “Day of the Dead”. There were special months set aside to celebrate the death of the person. Other months during the year are set aside to celebrate how the …show more content…
As stated previously, seeking healthcare is the last resort for the Hispanics, Hospice falls in that category as well. The biggest reasons for not seeking help is because of the lack of health insurance and the language barrier. They also believe that when the truth is spoken about death (the prognosis) to the one dying it can be harmful to the patient and a cruel to the family. Hispanic families do not plan for death, prepare for what is to come or care for their loved ones based on evidence based practice (Kreling, 2014). If Hispanics do not believe in Hospice and take their time seeking out medical care; what do they do to help their terminally ill? Hispanics who can afford it will turn to Western practices and those that can’t will turn to traditional practices. Traditional practices are those remedies that they can find from other family resources. Hispanics typically do not have health insurance so will travel back to Mexico to obtain their prescription drugs for a cheaper price (Fridinger,