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| what a group has in common |
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| characteristics of culture |
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learned
communicated
social
adaptive
change occurs slowly
subconscious
shared by members
common beliefs
complex and diverse
provides identity |
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learned
shared
symbolic
all encompassing
integrated |
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assumptions of cultural superiority
inability to accept other cultures |
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diverse cultures within a group
may vary by age, gender, marital status, family structure, income, education, and religious beliefs |
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grouping of people based on biological similarities
hair, eye and skin color |
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| nursing care in response to ones culture, and treating that patient while taking cultural difference into consideration |
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| learned, shared transmitted values, beliefs, life practices of a particular group that guides thinking, decision making and actions |
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| an expectation that all people within a specific group are all the same |
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state of being different
can occur between or within groups |
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| sense of belonging within a group |
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| three types of health belief systems |
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Definition
1.magicorereligious
2.bio-medical
3.holistic belief
sub belief system
folk medicine system |
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| biological variations within cultures |
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Definition
genetic predisposition towards disease or medical treatments
ex. red heads metabolize pain medication faster needing more than others |
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| magic core religious beliefs |
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Definition
| belief that health and illness are dependent on a higher power |
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| belief that illness is a result of impaired physical or biological processes |
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| belief that illness and wellness are a result of harmony or disharmony of nature |
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| use of home remedies to cure illness and promote health |
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