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Chapter 9
Cultural Diversity in Health Care
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Nursing
Undergraduate 4
06/18/2013

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Term
acculturation
Definition
Three themes:
SOCIALIZATION: being raised within a culture and acquiring the characteristics of that group
ACCULTURATION: becoming a competent participant in the dominant culture - the process is involuntary - forced to learn the new culture to survive, and
ASSIMILATION: developing a new cultural identity becoming in all ways like the members of the dominant culture.
Term
cross-culturalism
Definition
mediating between/among cultures
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cultural competence
Definition
The process in which the healthcare provider continuously strives to achieve the ability to effectively work within the cultural context of a client (individual, family, or community).
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cultural diversity
Definition
A term currently used to describe a vast range of cultural differences among individuals as groups.
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cultural imposition
Definition
"the tendency of an individual or group to impose their values, beliefs, and practices on another culture for varied reasons" (Leiniger, 2002)
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cultural marginality
Definition
Situations and feelings of passive betweenness when people exist between two different cultures and do not yet perceive themselves as centrally belonging to either one.
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cultural sensitivity
Definition
Describes the affective behaviors in individuals - the capacity to feel, convey, or react to ideas, habits customs or traditions unique to a group of people.
Term
culture
Definition
4 inherent characteristics:
1)It develops over time and in response to its members and their familial and social environments.
2)Its members learn it and share it.
3)It is essential for survival and acceptance.
4)It changes with difficulty.
Term
ethnicity
Definition
related to groups of people who are "classified" according to common racial, tribal, national, religious, linguistic, or cultural backgrounds.
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ethnocentrism
Definition
refers to the belief that one's own ways are the best, most superior, or preferred ways to act, believe, or behave" (Leiniger, 2002)
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multiculturalism
Definition
maintaining several different cultures
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transculturalism
Definition
denotes bridging significant differences in cultural practices
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