Chap. 7 Code Blue Ethics Terms

The distance from other people that a person needs to feel secure.

• personal space

• body language

• non-verbal communication

• ethnicity

The role or behavior learned by a person as proper to their gender, determined by the prevailing cultural norms.

• ethnicity

• race

• culture

• gender role

The unity that comes from a common religion, belief, language, and culture.

• ethnicity

• culture

• race

• gender role

The social, artistic, and religious belief structures distinguishing a specific society.

• Ethnicity

• Culture

• Cultural Blindness

• Race

The category in a classification system based on ethnic characteristics.

• Ethnicity

• Race

• Culture

• Gender roles

Which of the following is not a cultural difference that should be considered when treating patients from different ethnic groups?

• Food preferences

• Touching

• Beliefs about personal Illness

• Time

The inability to understand how specific situations ares seen by those of other cultures.

• gender roles

• cultural blindness

• personal space

• morals

The study of principles of right and wrong.

• morals

• ethics

• ethical behavior

• discrimination

A personal standard of right and wrong.

• ethics

• morals

• ethnicity

• Patient rights

The situation of having people who are different races of who have different cultures in a group or organization.

• Race

• Diversity

• Ethnicity

• Ethical behavior