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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
Abstract:
Nurses frequently interact with patients whose cultural beliefs are different from the nurses. Because health beliefs and values have a direct influence on health, the nurse must understand the culture of the patient when developing patient teaching programs. Ignorance of cultural differences can pose serious problems in patient education; without such knowledge nurses will alienate the very patients they are attempting to teach, and thereby run the risk of making recommendations in the teaching process that will be ignored. Only when the cultural dimensions of patient care are considered in planning can nurses claim that they are providing holistic and comprehensive care.
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