Cultural Diversity in Healthcare

Values, beliefs, ideas and characteristics passed from one generation to the next:

• culture
• assimilation
• customs
• ethnicity

A classification of people based on national origin and/or culture:

• acculturation
• cultural assimilation
• ethnicity
• ethnocentric

A strong feeling or belief about a person without reviewing the facts:

• bias
• ethnocentric
• prejudice
• stereotyping

The process of assuming that everyone in the same ethnic, racial or cultural group act the same, share the same beliefs or attitudes: a particular group is the same:

• ethnicity
• ethnocentric
• prejudice
• stereotyping

^{All of the following are part of the "4C's of Culture" for the healthcare worker to include when asking the patient questions, except:}

• "What do you call your problem?"
• "What can we do for you?"
• "What do you think caused your problem?"
• "What have you done to cope with your problem?"

_{Which of the following is not one of the of the four (4) basic characteristics of culture?}

• Culture is learned
• Culture is passed down
• Culture is shared
• Culture is social in nature

Classification of people based on physical or biological characteristics:

• culture
• ethnicity
• nationality
• race

The belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group:

• acculturation
• cultural diversity
• ethnicity
• ethnocentric

In regards to cultural diversity, healthcare worker's must learn to be:

• Honest
• Hard workers
• tolerant
• professional

An extended family consists of a mother, father and children as well as:

• Aunts and Uncles
• Grandparents
• Widows in family
• Nieces and Nephews